| 100% | NYONGO | 6 | Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” actress |
| 92% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave," 18-Across, and 32-Across star who was the first Kenyan-Mexican actress to win an Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 86% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | Oscar-winning actress for "12 Years a Slave" |
| 81% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner who plays Nakia in Marvel's "Black Panther" (2 wds.) |
| 78% | ALFRE | 5 | "12 Years a Slave" actress Woodard |
| 76% | NYONGO | 6 | "12 Years a Slave" Oscar winner Lupita __ |
| 76% | LUPITA | 6 | With 18-Across, Kenyan-Mexican actress who won an Oscar for "12 Years a Slave" |
| 73% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress playing Nakia in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 73% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who plays Nakia in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 72% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who wrote the children's book "Sulwe": 2 wds. |
| 71% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for her first feature film role, in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| 71% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | Mexico-born actress who won an Oscar for her role in "12 Years a Slave": 2 wds. |
| 71% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who starred in "American Horror Story: Freak Show": 2 wds. |
| 71% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who plays an MI6 operative in "The 355" (2 wds.) |
| 71% | NYONGO | 6 | Lupita ___, "12 Years A Slave" actress who portrays Nakia in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" |
| 70% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who was People's Most Beautiful Person in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 69% | NYONGO | 6 | Lupita —, Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave |
| 69% | LUPITA | 6 | With 31-Across, "12 Years a Slave" actress who played intelligence agent Nakia in "Black Panther" |
| 68% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who debuted as pirate Maz Kanata in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens": 2 wds. |
| 68% | ALFREWOODARD | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who voices Simba's mother Sarabi in 2019's "The Lion King" (2 wds.) |
| 67% | MCQUEEN | 7 | Steve __, artist and director of 12 Years a Slave |
| 62% | EJIOFOR | 7 | “12 Years a Slave” star |
| 62% | PITT | 4 | "12 Years a Slave" actor Brad |
| 62% | BRAD | 4 | "12 Years a Slave" actor Pitt |
| 62% | DANO | 4 | "12 Years a Slave" actor Paul |
| 62% | STEVE | 5 | "12 Years a Slave" director McQueen |
| 62% | MCQUEEN | 7 | "12 Years a Slave" director Steve |
| 61% | DANO | 4 | Paul ___ ("12 Years a Slave" actor) |
| 61% | ALFRE | 5 | Woodard of "12 Years a Slave" |
| 61% | CHIWETELEJIOFOR | 15 | Star of "12 Years a Slave" |