| 100% | MARKCONSUELOS | 13 | Former player of Mateo Santos on 43-Across who now plays Hiram Lodge on "Riverdale" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | KELLYRIPA | 9 | Former player of Hayley Vaughan on 43-Across who now hosts an ABC morning show with Ryan Seacrest (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CAMILAMENDES | 12 | Actress who plays Veronica Lodge on "Riverdale": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MARISOLNICHOLS | 14 | Actress who plays Hermione Lodge on "Riverdale": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARKCONSUELOS | 13 | "Riverdale" actor who played Mateo Santos on the soap opera "All My Children" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | KERIRUSSELL | 11 | Former "All New Mickey Mouse Club" Mouseketeer who now plays Elizabeth Jennings on "The Americans" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CHADOCHOCINCO | 13 | Former name of an NFL player who appeared on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2010: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STANAKATIC | 10 | Former "Castle" star who's now playing an FBI agent on "Absentia": 2 wds. |
| 40% | TEDDANSON | 9 | "The Good Place" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Cheers": 2 wds. |
| 40% | VINCEVAUGHN | 11 | "Wedding Crashers" actor who plays a former police detective who now inspects restaurants on 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | DANNYMCBRIDE | 12 | "Vice Principals" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Eastbound & Down": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JONBARINHOLTZ | 13 | "Superstore" actor who plays Wesley Payne, grandson of the former CEO, on "American Auto": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "The Good Cop" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Who's the Boss?": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JANELYNCH | 9 | Former host of "Hollywood Game Night" who plays Sazz on "Only Murders in the Building" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TARANKILLAM | 11 | Former "Saturday Night Live" regular who plays Will on 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TIMOTHYDALTON | 13 | Former James Bond portrayer who played Sir Malcolm Murray on 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NATALIEDORMER | 13 | Actress who portrayed Margaery Tyrell on "Game of Thrones," who also plays Irene Adler, Holmes' former lover on "Elementary": 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHRISROCK | 9 | Former "Saturday Night Live" regular who plays Loy Cannon on the fourth season of "Fargo" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays the former flame of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KRISTENWIIG | 11 | Former Groundlings comedian who played Target Lady on "SNL": 2 wds. |
| 37% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SHIRLEYJONES | 12 | Stepmother of 19-Across who played his mother on "The Partridge Family": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Ozark" star who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | WILLFORTE | 9 | Former Groundlings comedian who played MacGruber on "SNL": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DOUGWILSON | 10 | Host of the former TLC series "Moving Up" who's a designer on 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DAMIANMCGINTY | 13 | Irish singer who played Rory Flanagan on "Glee" and was a member of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALFONSORIBEIRO | 14 | "Dancing With the Stars" host who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOELKINNAMAN | 12 | "House of Cards" actor who plays elite soldier Takeshi Kovacs on 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | EVAGREEN | 8 | "300: Rise of an Empire" actress who played Vanessa Ives on 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROBCORDDRY | 10 | Star of HBO's "Ballers" who plays Wade's friend Forrest on 18-Across: 2 wds. |