| 100% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 49% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 44% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 43% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 41% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 41% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 41% | JEREMYIRONS | 11 | "Reversal of Fortune" actor whose last name is a golf term: 2 wds. |
| 40% | FORESTWHITAKER | 14 | "Respect" actor whose first name is a shade of green: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 40% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose original name was D'Abruzzo and who went on to play a noted Captain |
| 39% | CUBAGOODINGJR | 13 | "Boyz n the Hood" actor whose first name is a Caribbean country: 3 wds. |
| 39% | RIVERPHOENIX | 12 | "Stand by Me" actor whose first name is a medium-sized body of water: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Game of Thrones" actor whose first name is also the term for a baby fox: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LANCEBASS | 9 | Former member of 'N Sync whose last name is a type of fish: 2 wds. |
| 36% | OREL | 4 | Pitcher Hershiser whose first name is an anagram of 40 Down |
| 36% | HALLINDEN | 9 | "Barney Miller" actor whose last name is a tree: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 36% | CHRISPINE | 9 | "Star Trek Beyond" actor whose last name is a tree: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOELNEILL | 9 | Lois Lane player of early TV, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 36% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 36% | ADAMDRIVER | 10 | "Ferrari" actor whose last name is a synonym for a chauffeur: 2 wds. |
| 36% | SAL | 3 | "Rebel Without A Cause" actor Mineo, whose name is an anagram of "Las" |
| 36% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ATTICUSFINCH | 12 | Justice-minded lawyer in "To Kill a Mockingbird" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Joker" Oscar-winning actor whose last name is a city in Arizona (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RIAL | 4 | Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling |
| 35% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Dune: Part Two" actor whose last name is a synonym for a manservant: 2 wds. |
| 35% | STREISAND | 9 | Oscar winner who said, “People told me to change my last name. . . . Instead, I decided to take an ‘A’ out of my first name” |
| 35% | JORDANPEELE | 11 | "Keanu" actor whose first name is a Middle Eastern country: 2 wds. |