| 100% | NEELSETHI | 9 | Newcomer who played Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, in 27-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | THEJUNGLEBOOK | 13 | 1894 collection of tales featuring Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves: 3 wds. |
| 47% | PIPERLAURIE | 11 | "Carrie" actress who played 27-Across's mother in "Children of a Lesser God": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Gravity" actress who plays a romance novelist in 27-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TOMMYKIRK | 9 | "Old Yeller" actor who played Wilby Daniels as a boy in 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MARYMCDONNELL | 13 | "Independence Day" actress who played Stands With a Fist in "Dances With Wolves": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who plays a cover model in 27-Across (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% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Boys Don't Cry" star who played 30-Across in a 2009 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 42% | XOLOMARIDUENA | 13 | "Parenthood" costar who plays 18-Across/42-Across in a 2023 film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 42% | GENEWILDER | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 1971 film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who played 31-/34-Across in a 2005 film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" star who played 30-Across in a 1994 docudrama: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ANYATAYLORJOY | 13 | "Glass" actress who played 19-Across in a 2020 film: 2 wds., hyph. |
| 41% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | "Jumanji" actor who played Hercules in a 2014 film directed by Brett Ratner (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LENNYKRAVITZ | 12 | "The Hunger Games" actor who played a butler in "Lee Daniels' The Butler": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "The Blind Side" actress who played a crossword constructor in 33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | "Avengers: Endgame" actor who plays a cult leader in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SHAQUILLEONEAL | 14 | 7'1" actor who played a genie in "Kazaam": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MRT | 3 | Actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team" series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MRT | 3 | Mohawked actor who played Baracus in "The A-Team": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TESSATHOMPSON | 13 | "Thor: Ragnarok" actress who plays a surveyor in "Annihilation": 2 wds. |
| 39% | NATALIEPORTMAN | 14 | "Black Swan" actress who plays a biologist in "Annihilation": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARGOTROBBIE | 12 | Actress who plays a fictional associate producer in "Bombshell": 2 wds. |
| 39% | GRAHAMGREENE | 12 | "The Green Mile" actor who played Kicking Bird in "Dances With Wolves": 2 wds. |