| 100% | AIELLO | 6 | Danny who played the owner of a pizza joint in a Spike Lee joint |
| 49% | SALS | 4 | Pizza joint in a Spike Lee joint |
| 49% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 46% | SALS | 4 | Pizza joint in the Spike Lee joint "Do the Right Thing" |
| 43% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALANRITCHSON | 12 | "Reacher" actor who plays the father of a critically ill girl in "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HOOCH | 5 | Marla who plays second base for the Peaches in "A League of Their Own" |
| 41% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 41% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 41% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Trumbo" actor who plays the owner of the Big Top Mall in "The One and Only Ivan" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CAGE | 4 | Nicolas ___, actor who played the role of two identical brothers facing a writer's block in the movie "Adaptation" |
| 41% | KEVINSPACEY | 11 | Actor from "American Beauty", who plays the role of a congressman in Netflix's "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MADONNA | 7 | One-named singer who plays "All the Way" Mae in "A League of Their Own" |
| 40% | NANCYTRAVIS | 11 | "The Kominsky Method" actress who plays the grandmother of a critically ill girl in the 2024 film "Ordinary Angels" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | REEVES | 6 | Steve who played the title role of Hercules in a 1959 film |
| 40% | BENMENDELSOHN | 13 | Actor who plays the character of Talos, a shape shifting Skrull leader in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress who plays an activist aiding a pregnant woman in a dystopian retelling of the nativity story in "Children of Men" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SALS | 4 | Pizzeria in a Spike Lee joint |
| 39% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "The Martian" actor who plays a master of the mystical arts in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MADONNA | 7 | Pop singer who played Mae in A League of Their Own |
| 39% | BRIELARSON | 10 | Actress who plays the character of Carol Danvers, a former U.S. Air Force pilot in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 39% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 38% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | EDIE | 4 | Actress Falco who plays a general in "Avatar: The Way of Water" |
| 38% | DAVE | 4 | Muscular actor, ___ Bautista, a former WWE wrestler who played the role of Drax in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy 3" |