| 100% | CECILBDEMILLE | 13 | American filmmaker who remade his hit movie "The Ten Commandments" in 1956: 3 wds. |
| 37% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who completed only one novel in his lifetime, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket": 3 wds. |
| 35% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 35% | ANIKANONIROSE | 13 | American actress who voiced Tiana in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog": 3 wds. |
| 35% | CECILBDEMILLE | 13 | "The Ten Commandments" director who also directed 18-/42-Across: 3 wds. |
| 34% | TOMHANKS | 8 | American actor who portrayed 33a in the movie adaptations of the thriller series by 18a: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TIMBERLAKE | 10 | Justin ___, a singer famous for his hit single "Cry Me a River", who starred in the film "Friends with Benefits": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALICEWALTON | 11 | American heiress and daughter of Walmart founder who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds |
| 33% | LAURENEJOBS | 11 | American businesswoman and founder of Emerson Collective who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | American swimmer who won 3 relay Golds in 2016 by breaking the Olympic Record in 3 team events: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | Actress who plays Sofia in the American action thriller film "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (releasing tomorrow): 2 wds. |
| 33% | ALFRED | 6 | English director ___ Hitchcock who remade his 1934 film "The Man Who Knew Too Much" in 1956 |
| 32% | JAMESPALLISON | 13 | American immunologist who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tasuku Honjo for discovery of a cancer therapy: 3 wds. |
| 32% | JESSICAPEGULA | 13 | American tennis pro who was the No. 3 seed at the 2023 US Open but lost to 26-Across in the fourth round (2 wds.) |
| 31% | ARTHURASHKIN | 12 | American scientist who won one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical tweezers: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | "American Beauty" actress who plays Euphemia in the upcoming movie "Death on the Nile": 2 wds. |
| 31% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | "American Sniper" actor who directed and stars in the "A Star Is Born" remake: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor born in England who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PETERMAYHEW | 11 | 7'3" actor who played Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" movies until 2015: 2 wds. |
| 31% | EWANMCGREGOR | 12 | "Moulin Rouge!" actor who played his own clone in the 2005 movie "The Island": 2 wds. |
| 31% | PEARLSBUCK | 10 | American writer who won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature (3 wds.) |
| 31% | WILLIEMAYS | 10 | MLB player nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid," who hit 660 home runs in his career: 2 wds |
| 31% | PAULMORPHY | 10 | Late American chess player who was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," and is considered to be the best in his era (1850s): 2 wds. |
| 30% | GEORGEPSMITH | 12 | American biologist who shared one half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Gregory P. Winter, for work on phage display: 3 wds. |
| 30% | KENGRIFFEYJR | 12 | Slugger who hit his 600th home run in 2008: 3 wds. |
| 30% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | American decathlete who lit the Olympic cauldron in Los Angeles in 1984: 2 wds. |
| 30% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | American actress from the '50s who starred in "Some Like It Hot": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American poet who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JASONMOMOA | 10 | Actor who plays "Aquaman" in the movie "Aquaman": 2 wds. |