| 100% | CLAIREDANES | 11 | Emmy-winning portrayer of Carrie Mathison on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 75% | DAMIANLEWIS | 11 | Emmy-winning portrayer of Nicholas Brody on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | CHEVYCHASE | 10 | Portrayer of Pierce Hawthorne on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | JOELMCHALE | 10 | Portrayer of Jeff Winger on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | CIAAGENT | 8 | Carrie Mathison's job on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOHNNYGALECKI | 13 | Portrayer of Leonard Hofstadter on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JIMPARSONS | 10 | Portrayer of Sheldon Cooper on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KALEYCUOCO | 10 | Portrayer of Penny on 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | Portrayer of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SCOTTBAKULA | 11 | Portrayer of physicist Sam Beckett on 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Starz fantasy drama based on 16-Across's 2001 novel of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEANSTOCKWELL | 13 | Portrayer of Al Calavicci, a holographic sidekick on 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | AARONPAUL | 9 | Portrayer of Jesse Pinkman on "Breaking Bad": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALANALDA | 8 | Portrayer of Hawkeye Pierce on "M*A*S*H": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNTRAVOLTA | 12 | Portrayer of Robert Shapiro on "American Crime Story": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | Portrayer of Marcia Clark on "American Crime Story": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CARROLLOCONNOR | 14 | Actor who played Archie on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MRBIG | 5 | Nickname of Carrie's boyfriend on "Sex and the City": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNMAHONEY | 11 | Portrayer of Martin Crane on "Frasier" who died February 4: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DONADAMS | 8 | Actor who played Agent 86 on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BARBARAFELDON | 13 | Actress who played Agent 99 on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Portrayer of Galina Reznikov (a.k.a. "Red") on "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SALLYSTRUTHERS | 14 | Actress who played Archie's daughter Gloria on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NAOMIWATTS | 10 | "King Kong" actress who plays wife Nora on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BOBBYCANNAVALE | 14 | "Boardwalk Empire" actor who plays husband Dean on 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Portrayer of Sugar Kane in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CIA | 3 | Employer of Carrie Mathison on "Homeland": Abbr. |
| 40% | MICHELLEYEOH | 12 | Portrayer of Evelyn Wang in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" and Guanyin on "American Born Chinese": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | 16-Across and 45-Across singer who won the first season of "American Idol" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DANIELCAESAR | 12 | "Best Part" singer who's featured, along with Giveon, on 16-Across: 2 wds. |