| 100% | SCANDOVAL | 9 | Big Bravolebrity drama playing out on "Vanderpump Rules" |
| 35% | UMPS | 4 | Rules on plays |
| 35% | REENACT | 7 | Play out, as a scene on "Drunk History" |
| 34% | LIMB | 4 | Go out on a ___ (take a big risk) |
| 31% | CHINESECHECKERS | 15 | Board game played on a big hexagram |
| 31% | WINGERS | 7 | Hockey forwards who play on the outer edge |
| 31% | HOOKY | 5 | Play ___ (skip out on school) |
| 30% | SISSY | 5 | Spacek who played Loretta Lynn on the big screen |
| 30% | LAURA | 5 | She plays Renata on Big Little Lies |
| 30% | NOTH | 4 | Chris who played Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" |
| 30% | BOB | 3 | Newhart who played Professor Proton on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 30% | CROFT | 5 | Video-game heroine played on the big screen by Jolie |
| 30% | KALEY | 5 | She plays Penny on “The Big Bang Theory” |
| 29% | UMP | 3 | Official who rules on plays in tennis or baseball, for short |
| 29% | THELASTOFUS | 11 | HBO postapocalyptic drama on which 18-Across plays Ellie: 4 wds. |
| 29% | LEA | 3 | DeLaria who plays Big Boo on "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 29% | NOTH | 4 | Actor Chris who played Mr. Big on "Sex and the City" |
| 29% | LEA | 3 | DeLaria who played Big Boo on "Orange Is the New Black" |
| 29% | TSGARP | 6 | John Irving character played on the big screen by Robin Williams |
| 28% | MARG | 4 | Helgenberger who plays Judge Benner on the new CBS drama "All Rise" |
| 28% | JACKIEPEYTON | 12 | Nurse played by Edie Falco on a Showtime medical drama (2 wds.) |
| 28% | RAJESH | 6 | Particle astrophysicist Koothrappali played by Kunal Nayyar on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 28% | HOWARD | 6 | Aerospace engineer Wolowitz played by Simon Helberg on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 28% | LEONARD | 7 | Experimental physicist Hofstadter played by Johnny Galecki on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 28% | SHELDON | 7 | Theoretical physicist Cooper played by Jim Parsons on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 28% | SEANCONNERY | 11 | First actor to play James Bond on the big screen (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MELISSA | 7 | ___ Rauch, actress who plays Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 28% | LAURALINNEY | 11 | "The Big C" actress who plays Wendy Byrde on "Ozark": 2 wds. |
| 28% | TOM | 3 | ___ Hiddleston, actor who has played F. Scott Fitzgerald on the big screen |
| 28% | HARP | 4 | Stringed instrument played by Amy Farrah Fowler on "The Big Bang Theory" |