| 100% | ESSE | 4 | In___(actually) |
| 100% | FACT | 4 | In __; actually |
| 82% | MEAN | 4 | Actually have in mind |
| 82% | COLIN | 5 | Firth in “Love Actually” |
| 80% | GRAPHITE | 8 | The lead in pencils, actually |
| 79% | ESSE | 4 | In _____ (actually) |
| 79% | ESSE | 4 | In ____ (actually) |
| 79% | ESSE | 4 | In___ (actually) |
| 79% | ESSE | 4 | In ___ (actually) |
| 76% | ECUADOR | 7 | Country in which Panama hats actually originate |
| 74% | KNIGHTLEY | 9 | Keira, she starred in Atonement and Love Actually |
| 73% | LIQUID | 6 | Glass actually comes in this form |
| 73% | PANAMAHAT | 9 | Headwear that actually originated in Ecuador |
| 72% | ESSE | 4 | In ___ (actually existing) |
| 72% | BILLNIGHY | 9 | Actor who stars as ageing rocker in Love Actually |
| 71% | SANTA | 5 | Who actually lives in Lapland, some say |
| 71% | ARUM | 4 | Plant not actually in the lily genus |
| 69% | BALCONY | 7 | Setting not actually found in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 69% | HUNDRED | 7 | __ Years' War was actually 116 years in length |
| 68% | SLEEPERAGENTS | 13 | What the lead characters in "The Americans" actually are: 2 wds. |
| 67% | GREATDANES | 10 | Dogs that, despite their name, actually originated in Germany |
| 67% | CRAB | 4 | What the "spider" actually is in a spider roll |
| 66% | STIRCRAZY | 9 | Sick of staying in (but not actually sick, so that's good) |
| 65% | QTIP | 4 | Brand that you shouldn't actually stick in your ear |
| 64% | EMMA | 4 | ___ Thompson, who played Karen in the Christmas-themed romantic comedy film "Love Actually" |
| 64% | DESKSET | 7 | Nearly palindromic Tracy-Hepburn film in which the two actually talk about palindromes (!) |
| 63% | WASABI | 6 | Condiment that's almost always actually horseradish in the U.S. |
| 63% | TIKI | 4 | Type of torch actually invented in the U.S., not Polynesia |
| 63% | SAX | 3 | Brass instrument that's actually in the woodwind family, for short |
| 63% | LION | 4 | So-called "king of the jungle" that actually lives in grasslands |