| 100% | ELI | 3 | Longtime actor Wallach who received an Honorary Academy Award in 2010 |
| 40% | CHAN | 4 | Action star Jackie who received an honorary Oscar in 2016 |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who was in movies from 1956 to 2010 |
| 36% | ALI | 3 | Mahershala ___, actor who won an Academy Award for his performance in the 2016 film "Moonlight" |
| 34% | SPACEY | 6 | Croat who won an Academy Award in 1999 |
| 33% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 |
| 33% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 31% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 31% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author who received an O.B.E. in 2001 |
| 30% | HAWN | 4 | Goldie ___, an Academy Award winning actress who recently made her comeback in the movie "Snatched" |
| 30% | ASTAIRE | 7 | Musical star who received a 1949 Honorary Award Oscar |
| 29% | MOHR | 4 | Actor Jay who played an agent in "Jerry Maguire" |
| 29% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1967 |
| 28% | GLEN | 4 | Country singer Campbell who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 |
| 28% | BESTACTOR | 9 | Academy Award category in which 15-Across received a nomination for 36-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CLOONEY | 7 | Actor George who received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Golden Globes |
| 28% | LEE | 3 | Director Spike who won an honorary Oscar in 2015 |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | Longtime actor Wallach |
| 27% | CHER | 4 | Actress/singer who received the Billboard Icon Award in 2017 |
| 27% | DUSTIN | 6 | ___ Hoffman, an Oscar-winning actor who starred in "Rain Man" |
| 27% | NEA | 3 | Org. awarded an honorary Oscar in 1985 |
| 27% | EZRA | 4 | ___ Miller, an actor who made his debut in the film "Afterschool" |
| 27% | ELBA | 4 | Idris ___, an actor who has starred in "Thor" and "Pacific Rim" |
| 27% | CHAN | 4 | Honorary Academy Award winner Jackie |
| 26% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who was nominated for an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony in 2005 |
| 26% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who played Bilbo Baggins in 2012's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey": 2 wds. |
| 26% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who played an exotic dancer in 2012's "Magic Mike": 2 wds. |
| 26% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," a 1994 dark comedy film for which Samuel L. Jackson (birthday today) received an Academy Award nomination |