| 100% | RONPERLMAN | 10 | Clay Morrow's portrayer on 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 82% | KATEYSAGAL | 10 | Gemma Teller Morrow's portrayer on 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 73% | CHARLIEHUNNAM | 13 | Jax Teller's portrayer on 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JONHAMM | 7 | Don Draper's portrayer on "Mad Men": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CESARROMERO | 11 | The Joker's portrayer on TV's "Batman": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JULIENEWMAR | 11 | Catwoman portrayer on TV's "Batman": 2 wds. |
| 46% | HOLLANDTAYLOR | 13 | Evelyn Harper portrayer on 23-/38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BENFELDMAN | 10 | "Mad Men" actor who plays Jonah on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JULIEBOWEN | 10 | Claire Dunphy's portrayer on "Modern Family," who's a Brown University graduate (1991): 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNKRASINSKI | 13 | Jim Halpert's portrayer on "The Office," who's a Brown University graduate (2001): 2 wds. |
| 45% | MISSCACKLE | 10 | Magic academy headmistress played by Clare Higgins on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GILDARADNER | 11 | Roseanne Roseannadanna portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "It's Always Something": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ANTONIATHOMAS | 13 | "Lovesick" actress who plays surgical resident Claire Browne on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MILDREDHUBBLE | 13 | Accident-prone student of magic played by Bella Ramsey on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | RICHARDSCHIFF | 13 | "The West Wing" actor who plays hospital president Aaron Glassman on 41-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | KALEYCUOCO | 10 | Portrayer of Penny on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EDONEILL | 8 | Jay Pritchett portrayer on "Modern Family": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNNYGALECKI | 13 | Portrayer of Leonard Hofstadter on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JIMPARSONS | 10 | Portrayer of Sheldon Cooper on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CHEVYCHASE | 10 | Portrayer of Pierce Hawthorne on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOELMCHALE | 10 | Portrayer of Jeff Winger on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RICHARDDAWSON | 13 | "Family Feud" host from 1976 to 1985 and 1994 to 1995, and Corporal Newkirk's portrayer on "Hogan's Heroes": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SCOTTBAKULA | 11 | Portrayer of physicist Sam Beckett on 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DIANAPRINCE | 11 | 41-Across's secret identity (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | Brian Fellow portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "I Am the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 37% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | Portrayer of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CIAAGENT | 8 | Carrie Mathison's job on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Peter Capaldi's predecessor on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | MARTINSHEEN | 11 | Portrayer of 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | AARONPAUL | 9 | Portrayer of Jesse Pinkman on "Breaking Bad": 2 wds. |