| 100% | FARR | 4 | Jamie who co-starred with 39-Across |
| 68% | TARAJIPHENSON | 13 | "Empire" actress who co-stars with 18-Across in 39-Across (3 wds.) |
| 67% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | "30 Rock" actor who co-stars with 29-Across in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 63% | JOHN | 4 | With 39-Across, "Snowpiercer" actor who starred as John Merrick in 16-Across |
| 61% | RONALD | 6 | With 39-Across, film star and future US president who was president of SAG, 1959-1960 |
| 57% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | Actor who co-starred with Barbra Streisand in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | HOFFMAN | 7 | Actor Dustin who co-starred with 18-Across in "Kramer vs. Kramer" |
| 55% | JANELLEMONAE | 12 | "Hidden Figures" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | STATE | 5 | With 39 Across and 33 Down, what each syllable of the answer to each starred clue is |
| 55% | NITA | 4 | ___ Naldi, who co-starred with Valentino |
| 54% | MABEL | 5 | Comedienne Normand who co-starred with Chaplin |
| 54% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who co-starred with 3-Down |
| 54% | JENAMALONE | 10 | "The Hunger Games" actress who co-stars in 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ESTES | 5 | Kefauver who ran with 39 Across in 1956 |
| 52% | ATOMANT | 7 | Hanna-Barbera character who co-starred with Secret Squirrel |
| 52% | KEVINHART | 9 | "Ride Along" actor/comedian who co-stars with Tiffany Haddish and 45-Across in 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | Actor who co-stars with 38-Across and Bill Murray in "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RYAN | 4 | Actor O'Neal who co-stars with 42-Across in the 1976 comedy film "Nickelodeon" |
| 52% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 39-Across, "Peaches" singer who performs on 31-Across |
| 52% | OLGAKURYLENKO | 13 | "Oblivion" actress who co-stars with 15-Across as an agent who befuddles 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | Former "Daily Show" correspondent who co-stars with 15-Across in 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 51% | OPTIMIST | 8 | One who identifies with the answers to the starred Across clues |
| 51% | OAKIE | 5 | Jack who co-starred with Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" |
| 51% | GRANT | 5 | Actor Hugh who co-stars with Julia Roberts in "Notting Hill" |
| 50% | TORONTO | 7 | With 39 Across, Canadian baseballer |
| 50% | HOLDTHESETRUTHS | 15 | With 39 Across, ''We'' follower |
| 50% | ELKE | 4 | Actress Sommer who co-starred with Newman and Robinson in "The Prize" |
| 50% | JONES | 5 | Felicity who co-stars with Eddie Redmayne in “The Aeronauts” (December, 2019) |
| 50% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 39-Across, president who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863 |