| 100% | JERYLPRESCOTT | 13 | Actress who plays Madame Xanadu, a blind fortune teller, in the show in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JEANHAGEN | 9 | "The Danny Thomas Show" costar who played a vain actress in "Singin' in the Rain": 2 wds. |
| 50% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | Actress who played Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 50% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | CRYSTALREED | 11 | Actress who plays Abby Arcane, a CDC doctor, in the show mentioned in 18a |
| 48% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress who plays a mother in "The Blind Side" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 48% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 48% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays a novelist kidnapped in the jungle in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 47% | KATHYBATES | 10 | Actress who plays a marijuana dispensary owner in the new Netflix comedy "Disjointed": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 47% | CLORISLEACHMAN | 14 | "Raising Hope" actress who played Ruth Popper in 1971's "The Last Picture Show": 2 wds. |
| 46% | DEBRAMESSING | 12 | Actress who played 17a in the series for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | "Orange Is the New Black" actress who played Donna in "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "The Devil Wears Prada" actress who plays a struggling actress on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | KIRSTENDUNST | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actress who plays a journalist in the new movie "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" actress who plays a retired intelligence agent in "The Thursday Murder Club": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "The Mask" actress who played a private investigator named Natalie in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SUTTONFOSTER | 12 | "Younger" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2024 Broadway revival of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 45% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | "The Girl on the Train" actress, who played Donna Pinciotti in "That 70's Show": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who won the 2024 Best Leading Actress in a Play Tony for "Appropriate": 2 wds. |
| 45% | KARYNPARSONS | 12 | Actress who played the snobbish cousin of 17-Across in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," which is rumored to be getting a reunion: 2 wds. |
| 45% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AUBREYPLAZA | 11 | Actress who plays a profane 14th-century nun in "The Little Hours": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |