| 100% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Last actor to smoke onscreen as 15-Across in a film (2 wds.) |
| 68% | PIERCEBROSNAN | 13 | Last Bond actor to smoke onscreen in a Bond film (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Eleventh actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2010-2013): 2 wds. |
| 44% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | Tenth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2005-2010): 2 wds. |
| 43% | ERICBANA | 8 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2003 film: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EDWARDNORTON | 12 | Actor who played 32-Across in a 2008 film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SARAHCONNOR | 11 | Action hero played by 48-Across in a film series that began with 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SITSOUT | 7 | Declines to participate, as in a dance: 2 wds. |
| 39% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 38% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who portrayed 15-Across in the 2009 film "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SNOWWHITE | 9 | Fairy tale character portrayed by 24-/37-Across in a 2012 film: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TROPICTHUNDER | 13 | 2008 comedy starring Jack Black as an actor forced to survive in a jungle: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROBERTDENIRO | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1987 film "The Untouchables": 3 wds. |
| 37% | PETERCAPALDI | 12 | Twelfth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across, starting in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LOSTINNEWYORK | 13 | "Home Alone 2: ___," the sequel to the first film starring Macaulay Culkin as a child who evades two burglars: 4 wds. |
| 36% | THEBLUELAGOON | 13 | 1980 film starring 15-Across as a young castaway: 3 wds. |
| 36% | THEVOICE | 8 | American reality show hosted by Carson Daly, which works in a format similar to 21-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | Animated character voiced by 44-Across in a 2018 film (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HARDMILES | 9 | 2024 film starring 15-Across and 30-Across about a difficult bicycle ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | KINGKONG | 8 | Giant gorilla featured in a 1933 film and a 2005 remake: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONICE | 5 | Cooling in a bucket, as a bottle of champagne: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SIDNEYPOITIER | 13 | Oscar-winning actor who played 43-Across in a 1997 TV film (2 wds.) |
| 34% | XOLOMARIDUENA | 13 | "Parenthood" costar who plays 18-Across/42-Across in a 2023 film: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TIMOTHYDALTON | 13 | Actor from "Wuthering Heights", who has played James Bond in two films (as well as a third that was never released) : 2 wds. |
| 34% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | KINGKONG | 8 | Movie monster from Skull Island who fights 52-Across in a 2021 film (2 wds.) |