| 100% | GAND | 4 | Ammonia-breathing insectoid species who first made an appearance in a 1980 "Star Wars" movie |
| 66% | DUG | 3 | Sentient species from the planet Malastare who first made an appearance in a 1999 "Star Wars" movie |
| 62% | GRAN | 4 | Goat-faced sentient humanoids who first made an appearance in a 1977 "Star Wars" movie |
| 34% | DEBUT | 5 | First appearance, as of an actor in a movie |
| 32% | SHEERAN | 7 | Ed ___, singer who made an appearance in the Netflix movie "Red Notice" as himself and performed his song "Perfect" |
| 31% | SWIFT | 5 | Taylor ___, singer who made an appearance in "Hannah Montana: The Movie" as herself and performed her song "Crazier" |
| 31% | INOBLIVION | 10 | "Living ___," independent dark comedy starring Peter Dinklage about an indie-filmmaker who tries to make a low budget movie: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ZOOMBOMB | 8 | Make an unwanted appearance in a video call |
| 30% | ELSA | 4 | Ice queen who makes an appearance in "Ralph Breaks the Internet" |
| 30% | FASHIONABLYLATE | 15 | Making an appearance after the party starts, or a description of the shifted articles of clothing in this puzzle |
| 29% | ONSCREEN | 8 | Making an appearance in Hollywood, say |
| 29% | KERI | 4 | "Felicity" actress Russell who also appeared in a 2019 "Star Wars" movie |
| 29% | REECE | 5 | Volleyball player Gabrielle who makes an appearance in "Air Bud: Spikes Back" |
| 28% | TORI | 4 | Actress Spelling who has starred in many made-for-TV movies |
| 28% | ICECUBE | 7 | Rapper who stars in the 2025 movie War of the Worlds |
| 28% | JAMIE | 5 | Celebrity chef ___ Oliver, who made a cameo in "Star Wars" as a stormtrooper |
| 28% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Antagonist with a mask in the "Scream" movies who made everyone scream |
| 28% | RENNER | 6 | Jeremy ___, "Hawkeye" actor who was a makeup artist before starring in movies |
| 28% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | "Star Wars" actor who's starring in his fifth 17-Across movie since 1981: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GUESTSTARS | 10 | Makes an appearance on a show |
| 28% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | An American idol judge who starred in movies such as "Maid in Manhattan": 2 wds. |
| 28% | KLEIN | 5 | The Calvin who made a cameo appearance for "30 Rock" in March 2009 |
| 28% | WISH | 4 | 2023 Disney movie about a girl who makes a plea to the stars |
| 28% | ADELE | 5 | Singer who made an appearance in the TV show "Ugly Betty" as herself and performed her song "Right as Rain" |
| 27% | CAMEO | 5 | Brief appearance in a movie |
| 27% | OLIVIAMUNN | 10 | The Daily Show correspondent who went on to star in an X-Men movie |
| 27% | JOEL | 4 | ___ McHale, "Community" actor who made a cameo in the 2004 "Spider-Man 2" movie |
| 27% | WEEK | 4 | "Worst ___," comedy show starring Erinn Hayes in which Aziz Ansari makes a guest appearance |
| 27% | PBS | 3 | Network on which Ms. Frizzle first made an appearance: abbr. |
| 27% | SCRAPBOOKED | 11 | Made an album, in a way |