| 100% | SHOELESSJOE | 11 | Nickname of "Black Sox" outfielder Jackson who's a character in 18-Across and 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author of 18-Across and 30-Across who has a public school named for her in Portland, Oregon (2 wds.) |
| 45% | PRINCEWILLIAM | 13 | Kate Middleton's spouse who was a schoolmate of 32-Across and 47-Across at Eton College: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEREKSHEPHERD | 13 | Patrick Dempsey character who died in last Thursday's episode of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TOMHIDDLESTON | 13 | "Loki" star who was a schoolmate of 15-Across and 32-Across at Eton College: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELAINEBENES | 11 | Character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Seinfeld", who is an ex-girlfriend of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who shared SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture with the casts of 18-Across and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | GORDONSUMNER | 12 | 18-Across and 25-Across singer nicknamed "Sting" because of the black and yellow striped sweater he wore as a young performer (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CLARKGREGG | 10 | Actor who plays the character of Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D agent in "Captain Marvel": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PETERSELLERS | 12 | Actor who played Pres. Merkin Muffley, Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake, and the title character in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DAMIANMCGINTY | 13 | Irish singer who played Rory Flanagan on "Glee" and was a member of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STEVEAUSTIN | 11 | Retired WWE wrestler who goes by the nickname "Stone Cold" and has acted in a number of films, most notably "The Expendables": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CATFISHHUNTER | 13 | Hall of Fame A's and Yankees pitcher who's nicknamed after a whiskered bottom-feeder: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RONPERLMAN | 10 | "Hellboy" actor who voices a ruthless boxer in 2015's "Call of Duty: Black Ops III": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOSHOCONNOR | 11 | "Emma" actor who played 32-Across in seasons 3 and 4 of "The Crown": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANNETTEBENING | 13 | Actress and wife of 18-Across, who also appears in "Rules Don't Apply": 2 wds. |
| 41% | IANMALCOLM | 10 | Actor Jeff Goldblum's character in 26a who is a mathematician and chaos theorist: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" actress who voiced the title character's mother in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | COTTONMALONE | 12 | Fictional bookseller and former spy who appears in 20 Steve Berry novels, including 18-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SUSANSARANDON | 13 | 18-Across and 43-Across actress who plays Carla's mother in "A Bad Moms Christmas" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DOLORESHUERTA | 13 | Civil rights leader, played by Rosario Dawson in the 18-Across biopic, who received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |