| 100% | TOM | 3 | Hardy who plays a pair of brothers in "Legend" |
| 52% | GRIMM | 5 | Either of a pair of brothers in folklore |
| 49% | ESAU | 4 | One of a pair of brothers in a Biblical reconciliation painted by Rubens |
| 49% | EWAN | 4 | Actor McGregor who played a crime lord in "Birds of Prey" |
| 49% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Actress who plays a mother in "Father of the Bride" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | EDIE | 4 | Actress Falco who plays a general in "Avatar: The Way of Water" |
| 48% | OLGA | 4 | Actress Kurylenko who played a Bond girl in the 2008 film "Quantum of Solace" |
| 47% | DEUTCH | 6 | Actress Zoey who plays a woman whose dad disapproves of her boyfriend in "Why Him?" |
| 47% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 47% | MADONNA | 7 | Pop singer who played Mae in A League of Their Own |
| 47% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays a surgeon in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SIMMONS | 7 | Actress Lili who plays a "Jennifer Lawrence-type" celebrity in the new season of "Ray Donovan" |
| 47% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | REEVES | 6 | Steve who played the title role of Hercules in a 1959 film |
| 46% | DAMON | 5 | One of a pair of best friends in Greek legend |
| 46% | CAGE | 4 | Nicolas ___, actor who played the role of two identical brothers facing a writer's block in the movie "Adaptation" |
| 46% | JEREMYPIVEN | 11 | "Entourage" actor who plays a tech innovator in the new CBS drama "Wisdom of the Crowd": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "CODA" actress who played a deaf employee at the school in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 45% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 45% | TED | 3 | Danson who played one of the three men in "Three Men and a Baby" |
| 45% | KEITHRICHARDS | 13 | Rolling Stones guitarist who played a pirate in the third and fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 45% | STEPHEN | 7 | ___ Amell, actor who plays Green Arrow in "Arrow" which is a part of the Arrowverse |
| 45% | MAWLE | 5 | Joseph —, actor who played Odysseus in 2018 BBC TV series Troy: Fall of a City |
| 45% | SEAGROVE | 8 | Jenny —, actress who played Fay Hubbard in 1989 comedy-drama film A Chorus of Disapproval |
| 44% | KOECHNER | 8 | David —, US actor-comedian who played Champ Kind in 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy |
| 44% | DIANELANE | 9 | "Unfaithful" actress who plays Penny Chenery, the owner of 33-Across, in a 2010 film (2 wds.) |
| 44% | RAPACE | 6 | Noomi —, actress who played Madam Simza Heron in 2011 adventure film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows |