| 100% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 72% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 68% | JASONBIGGS | 10 | "American Pie" actor who plays the father in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor who plays the fixer in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | BILLPAXTON | 10 | "Twister" actor who plays the father of 25-Across in the 2017 film "The Circle" (2 wds.) |
| 61% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 60% | GARYSINISE | 10 | "Forrest Gump" Oscar nominee who plays the father of 18-Across in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 60% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 59% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 58% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | DANSTEVENS | 10 | "Downton Abbey" actor who plays Hal in the 2020 remake of "The Call of the Wild": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Ant-Man" actor who plays Dora's father in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 58% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 58% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 57% | MICHAELMURRAY | 13 | Chad ____, the actor who plays 18-Across in "One Tree Hill": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 57% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DANAYKROYD | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who plays the Scarecrow in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 57% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ANTHONYRAPP | 11 | "Star Trek: Discovery" actor who played Mark Cohen in the original Broadway cast of "Rent": 2 wds. |
| 56% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | "Gladiator" actor who plays Javert in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ELIJAHWOOD | 10 | "The Lord of the Rings" actor who plays Fritz Garbinger in the 2025 movie "The Toxic Avenger": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 56% | MARLONBRANDO | 12 | "The Godfather" actor who played 41-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |