| 100% | CACTUSLEAGUE | 12 | Nickname of the baseball teams who play Spring Training exhibition games in 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OHIOSTATE | 9 | Big Ten East football team who played the University of Washington in the 2019 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 42% | MAUDEAPATOW | 11 | "This Is 40" actress who plays 30-Across's sister in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 42% | MARISATOMEI | 11 | "My Cousin Vinny" actress who plays 30-Across's mother in "The King of Staten Island": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Pompeii" lead actor, who plays the role of Jon Snow in "Game Of Thrones" : 2 wds. |
| 40% | ZACHARYLEVI | 11 | "Chuck" actor who plays the grown-up superhero version of 38-Across in "Shazam!": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "Flight of the Phoenix" actor who plays the title role in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HUNTERSCHAFER | 13 | "Euphoria" actress who plays Tigris Snow in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RAYLIOTTA | 9 | Actor who plays baseball outfielder "Shoeless Joe" Jackson in the 1989 film "Field of Dreams" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FREDSAVAGE | 10 | Actor who played Kevin Arnold in the original version of 36-Across and is coproducing the reboot: 2 wds. |
| 38% | RYANHOWARD | 10 | Baseball first baseman who played his entire MLB career with the Philadelphia Phillies, before joining teams in the minor leagues: 2 wds. |
| 38% | EMILIACLARKE | 12 | "Me Before You" lead actress, who plays the role of Khaleesi, Mother of Dragons, in "Game of Thrones" : 2 wds. |
| 38% | RAYBOLGER | 9 | Actor who played the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 38% | DANAYKROYD | 10 | "Ghostbusters" actor who plays the Scarecrow in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | Actor from "Forrest Gump", who plays the wife of the character played by 18-Across in "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 38% | CUBAGOODING | 11 | Academy Award-winning actor from "Jerry Maguire", who plays the TV version of 14-Across in "American Crime Story" : 2 wds. |
| 38% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | Actor who plays one of the studio's stars in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | KELSEYGRAMMER | 13 | "Frasier" actor who plays the Tin Man in "Legends of Oz": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PETERDINKLAGE | 13 | Actor who plays Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones," and has an Outstanding Supporting Actor nomination for the 70th Emmys: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NICKFROST | 9 | Co-star of the "Cornetto Trilogy" who plays Gobber the Belch in 2025's "How To Train Your Dragon" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | Actor who plays the Sorcerer Supreme in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Guardians of the Galaxy" actress who plays Neytiri in "Avatar: The Way of Water": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MAURATIERNEY | 12 | "The Affair" actress who plays Grace Poe in the Showtime adaptation of 46-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | "Avatar" actress who played a pirate in the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" film: 2 wds. |
| 37% | FELICITYJONES | 13 | Actress who played Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the film "On the Basis of Sex": 2 wds. |
| 37% | LESLIEJONES | 11 | Actress who plays the mother of Prince Akeem's son in "Coming 2 America": 2 wds. |