| 100% | GRIFTERS | 8 | Anjelica Huston plays a con artist in The __ |
| 48% | GRAYSON | 7 | Marla ___, con artist played by Rosamund Pike in the 2021 film "I Care A Lot" |
| 46% | HUSTLE | 6 | 2019 comedy about a con artist played by Anne Hathaway, with "The" |
| 43% | ACT | 3 | Play a part in the play |
| 41% | NAB | 3 | Catch in the act, as a con |
| 41% | JULIAGARNER | 11 | "Ozark" actress who plays the title con artist in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ROMEO | 5 | Boy in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 41% | NEESON | 6 | Liam __, played a cop in The Lego Movie |
| 41% | KRAVITZ | 7 | Lenny __, played a designer in The Hunger Games |
| 41% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | He played a suspected killer in The Undoing |
| 41% | TWANGS | 6 | Plays the guitar, in a way |
| 41% | ACT | 3 | Play the role, in a play |
| 41% | OUTS | 4 | The triple in a triple play |
| 41% | STRUM | 5 | Play the guitar, in a way |
| 41% | OUTS | 4 | The three in a triple play |
| 41% | STAR | 4 | Play the lead in a show |
| 41% | FREDASTAIRE | 11 | "Top Hat" actor who played a con man in "The Towering Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LADYEVE | 7 | 1941 Preston Sturges comedy about a con artist and her father, with The |
| 40% | PIMPERNEL | 9 | "Scarlet" flower in the title of a famous play |
| 40% | ROMEO | 5 | Young man in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 40% | CAST | 4 | The actors in a play or movie |
| 40% | RAISIN | 6 | Dried fruit in the title of a Lorraine Hansberry play |
| 40% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 40% | RAISIN | 6 | A __ in the Sun, 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry |
| 40% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 40% | NARRATOR | 8 | The storyteller in a play, movie, or book |
| 39% | SETH | 4 | Actor Green who played a werewolf in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
| 39% | SNUG | 4 | Joiner in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 39% | SAMMYDAVISJR | 12 | "The Candy Man" singer who played a con man disguised as a priest in "The Cannonball Run": 3 wds. |
| 39% | BACKSTAGE | 9 | The place behind the performance area in a play |