| 100% | ZEN | 3 | Branch of Mahayana Buddhism stressing the role of meditation in pursuing enlightenment |
| 34% | QUA | 3 | In the role of |
| 34% | SERVINGAS | 9 | In the role of |
| 33% | IAN | 3 | Actor who played the role of Gandalf in "LOTR" |
| 33% | BARBRA | 6 | She originated the role of Fanny in "Funny Girl" |
| 33% | SERVESAS | 8 | Is in the role of |
| 33% | ACTAS | 5 | Serve in the role of |
| 33% | ACTAS | 5 | Function in the role of |
| 33% | DAVID | 5 | The Pallbearer actor ___ Schwimmer, who played the role of Ross in "Friends" |
| 32% | ELAINESTRITCH | 13 | Broadway star who originated the role of Joanne in "Company" (1970) |
| 32% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | Actor who accepted the role of Edward in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SOO | 3 | Actress Phillipa who originated the role of Eliza in Broadway's "Hamilton" |
| 32% | IDINA | 5 | Actress Menzel who originated the role of Elphaba in Broadway's "Wicked" |
| 32% | BASSO | 5 | Voice in the role of Mefistofele, e.g. |
| 32% | GEENADAVIS | 10 | Oscar nominee in the role of Thelma Dickinson |
| 32% | UTA | 3 | She originated the role of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | Actor Mahershala ___, who played the role of Boggs in "The Hunger Games" series |
| 32% | REEVE | 5 | Actor/singer ___ Carney, who originated the role of Orpheus in "Hadestown" on Broadway |
| 31% | ZEN | 3 | Branch of Buddhism that began in China |
| 31% | AGNES | 5 | ___ Moorehead, American actress who played the role of Endora in the TV series "Bewitched" |
| 31% | DENCH | 5 | Judi ___, English actress who played the role of M in numerous James Bond movies |
| 31% | PALTROW | 7 | Gwyneth ___, actress who was offered the role of Rose in "Titanic" before Kate Winslet |
| 31% | GARFIELD | 8 | Andrew, took over the role of Spider-Man in 2012 |
| 31% | WHO | 3 | Branch of the U.N. in 2020 news |
| 31% | WILL | 4 | ___ Smith, actor who turned down the role of Neo in "The Matrix" before Keanu Reeves |
| 31% | ETHEL | 5 | Singer Merman who originated the role of Annie in Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 31% | CID | 3 | Branch of the British Police force first set up in Nottingham in 1854 |
| 31% | NIRVANA | 7 | Final release from the cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism and Hinduism |
| 31% | LEN | 3 | Cariou who originated the role of Sweeney Todd in the musical |
| 31% | HUGO | 4 | Actor who played the role of Agent Smith in "The Matrix" |