| 100% | KELLYMCGILLIS | 13 | Actress who plays Navy flight instructor Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | VALKILMER | 9 | Actor who plays Navy pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in 9-Across/57-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | KATEMARA | 8 | "House of Cards" actress who plays high school instructor Claire Wilson on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | EIZAGONZALEZ | 12 | "Hobbs & Shaw" actress who plays a Navy diver turned supersoldier in 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LORIPETTY | 9 | "A League of Their Own" actress who played surfing instructor Tyler Ann Endicott in "Point Break": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | Actress who plays 17-Across' girlfriend and was 29-Across' girlfriend in real life: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CAMERONDIAZ | 11 | "The Mask" actress who played a private investigator named Natalie in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GLENNCLOSE | 10 | "Fatal Attraction" actress who played Iris Gaines, Roy Hobbs's girlfriend, in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | KELLY | 5 | ___ McGillis, actress who played Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood in "Top Gun" |
| 44% | MAYARUDOLPH | 11 | "Bridesmaids" actress who plays Christine in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MIREILLEENOS | 12 | "The Killing" actress who plays Marissa in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | REBELWILSON | 11 | "Bridesmaids" actress who played Fat Amy in 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JANETLEIGH | 10 | "Psycho" actress who played Rosie DeLeon in 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CRISTINMILIOTI | 14 | Actress who plays a wedding guest who's stuck in a time loop in 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OLIVIACOLMAN | 12 | "The Favourite" actress who plays Mrs. Scrubbit in the "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel "Wonka": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KEELEYHAWES | 11 | "The Missing" actress who plays Dr. Kira Manning in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | KRYSTENRITTER | 13 | "Jessica Jones" actress who plays Lucy in the "Echoes" spin-off of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SAOIRSERONAN | 12 | Irish-American actress who played Briony, an aspiring novelist, in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays surgeon Christine Palmer in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JACKIWEAVER | 11 | "Silver Linings Playbook" actress who plays Sandy in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | "Still Alice" actress who plays 19-Across later in life: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HOLLYHUNTER | 11 | "The Piano" actress who played "Ed" McDunnough in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Speed" actress who played Lieutenant Lenina Huxley in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | "Star Wars" actress who played Carol Peterson in 50-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | REGINAHALL | 10 | "Girls Trip" actress who played Brenda Meeks in 17-Across: 2 wds. |