| 100% | BIALIK | 6 | Mayim __, actress with a PhD in neuroscience |
| 51% | LOHAN | 5 | Actress with a dual role in 1998's "The Parent Trap" |
| 51% | UCLA | 4 | School where actress Mayim Bialik earned a neuroscience PhD: Abbr. |
| 47% | LESLIEBIBB | 10 | "Palm Royale" actress with a featured role in "The White Lotus" season 3: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WRAY | 4 | Actress with a park named after her near Lee's Creek on Main Street in Cardston, Alberta, Canada |
| 46% | BERNADETTE | 10 | ___ Maryann Rostenkowski-Wolowitz, really long name for Howard's love interest with a PhD in microbiology from "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 45% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman with a recurring role in Bravo's "Imposters" |
| 45% | CATE | 4 | "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" actress Blanchett |
| 45% | SARAH | 5 | Actress Silverman with a voice role in "Wreck-It-Ralph" |
| 44% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 30-Across, "Mistresses" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2003 |
| 43% | GARR | 4 | Actress with a "Tootsie" role |
| 43% | EVA | 3 | Actress Mendes who is in a relationship with Ryan Gosling |
| 43% | EVA | 3 | Actress Mendes who's in a relationship with Ryan Gosling |
| 43% | FRAN | 4 | Actress with a nasally voice, __ Drescher |
| 43% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 35-Across, a member of Destiny's Child, or an actress in "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 42% | MARGOT | 6 | With 20-Across, Australian actress who played a mass-produced doll in a 2023 blockbuster film |
| 42% | LUPITA | 6 | With 31-Across, "12 Years a Slave" actress who played intelligence agent Nakia in "Black Panther" |
| 42% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Desi Arnaz: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AUDREYMEADOWS | 13 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with Jackie Gleason: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GRACIEALLEN | 11 | Comedic actress who costarred in a 1950s TV show with George Burns: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LEIGH | 5 | Vivien —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Gone with the Wind |
| 41% | WOOD | 4 | Natalie —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Love with the Proper Stranger |
| 41% | STREEP | 6 | Actress with a record number of Oscar nominations (21) |
| 40% | MARA | 4 | Rooney —, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| 40% | IONIC | 5 | With a charge, in chemistry |
| 40% | MIRANDA | 7 | Carmen __, iconic actress with a headful of fruit |
| 40% | LIVELY | 6 | Blake ___, "Gossip Girl" actress with a "happy" name |
| 40% | GOLD | 4 | Tracey ___, "Growing Pains" actress with a colorful name |
| 40% | GREY | 4 | Jennifer ___, "Dirty Dancing" actress with a colorful name |
| 40% | ELLE | 4 | ___ Fanning, "The Great" actress with a palindromic name |