| 100% | CRUZ | 4 | Actress Penelope who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 87% | DENCH | 5 | Actress Judi who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 77% | DAFOE | 5 | Actor Willem who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 54% | DEPP | 4 | Actor Johnny who plays a murder victim on the 34-Across |
| 53% | ANA | 3 | Actress Gasteyer who plays a teacher on "The Goldbergs" |
| 53% | ALI | 3 | Actress Larter who plays a doctor on "The Rookie" |
| 52% | OTERI | 5 | Actress Cheri who played a cheerleader on 51-Across |
| 51% | LANA | 4 | Actress Parrilla who plays the Evil Queen on "Once Upon a Time" |
| 50% | ELLE | 4 | Actress Fanning who plays a Russian empress on "The Great" |
| 49% | UZOADUBA | 8 | "In Treatment" actress who plays a detective on the Netflix series "The Residence": 2 wds. |
| 49% | STING | 5 | Rocker who plays himself, as a murder suspect, on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 49% | TERI | 4 | Actress Polo who played a presidential candidate's wife on "The West Wing" |
| 48% | DIANE | 5 | Actress Lane who plays Martha Croker on the Netflix miniseries "A Man in Full" |
| 48% | HOPEDAVIS | 9 | "Wayward Pines" actress who plays the wife of a mob boss on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | REBECCABREEDS | 13 | "Pretty Little Liars" actress who plays the title FBI agent on 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SMART | 5 | Actress Jean who plays a comedian on HBO's "Hacks" |
| 47% | JAYNEATKINSON | 13 | "House of Cards" actress who plays the U.S. Attorney General on 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the title character, 46-Across, on a Netflix miniseries (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LILI | 4 | Actress Taylor who plays a police captain on "Almost Human" |
| 46% | BORSTEIN | 8 | Actress Alex who plays the manager of 48-Across on an Emmy-winning Amazon series |
| 46% | WINONARYDER | 11 | Actress who plays a grandmother who tells the story of why it always snows on Christmas in Lutz, Florida, in "Edward Scissorhands" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | Actress who plays the title role on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LILYCOLLINS | 11 | Actress who plays the title character on 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KATHRYNHAHN | 11 | "WandaVision" actress who plays advice columnist Clare Pierce in the Hulu series "Tiny Beautiful Things," based on a book by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | EDIE | 4 | Actress Falco who plays a general in "Avatar: The Way of Water" |
| 45% | KYRA | 4 | Actress Sedgwick who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 45% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 45% | ELIZABETHOLSEN | 14 | Actress who plays a powerful witch in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MARSHAMASON | 11 | "The Goodbye Girl" actress who played a grandma on "The Middle": 2 wds. |