| 100% | ALASTAIRSIM | 11 | Ebenezer Scrooge player in a 1951 movie version of 38-Across |
| 35% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | EXTRA | 5 | Bit player in a movie |
| 35% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 34% | JOHNNYBENCH | 11 | Reds player who hit 45 homers in 1970, 38 of them as a catcher: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BANDSMAN | 8 | Brass player in a military group of musicians |
| 34% | GOALIE | 6 | Player in front of a net |
| 34% | ALASTAIRSIM | 11 | Actor who played Ebenezer Scrooge in 1951's "A Christmas Carol" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ALAS | 4 | *Portrayer of Scrooge in 1951's "A Christmas Carol" |
| 33% | REMAKE | 6 | Second version of a movie |
| 33% | REMAKE | 6 | New version of a movie |
| 33% | AVATAR | 6 | Online cartoon version of a player |
| 33% | ROUGHCUT | 8 | Partially edited version of a movie |
| 33% | DIRECTORSCUT | 12 | DVD version of a movie, perhaps |
| 33% | SIDEOFBEEF | 10 | Slab in a meat locker, and a feature of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across |
| 32% | CUT | 3 | Director's ___ (certain version of a movie) |
| 32% | GOALIE | 6 | Hockey player in front of a net |
| 32% | TEAM | 4 | ___ spirit (bonding in a group of players) |
| 32% | DRNO | 4 | First in a long series of movies |
| 32% | JACOBMARLEY | 11 | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| 32% | EDIT | 4 | Version, as of a movie |
| 32% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the DVD version of a movie, maybe |
| 32% | UNCUT | 5 | Like the director's version of a movie |
| 32% | SPOOF | 5 | Mad magazine version of a recent movie, say |
| 32% | NIPPON | 6 | A Japanese formal version of "Japan" in English |
| 32% | OTTER | 5 | Slimmer version of a bear, in gay slang |
| 32% | ELM | 3 | Tree in a series of horror movie titles |
| 32% | JIGSAW | 6 | Killer in a series of torture trap movies |
| 32% | CAST | 4 | Group of players in a play |
| 31% | REMIX | 5 | Extended version of a song played in dance clubs |