| 100% | STREISAND | 9 | Oscar winner who said, “People told me to change my last name. . . . Instead, I decided to take an ‘A’ out of my first name” |
| 34% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 33% | POGO | 4 | Comic strip character who said "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person" |
| 31% | HADES | 5 | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
| 31% | ESME | 4 | Salinger character who says to the story narrator, "I don't think I shall tell you my full name" |
| 30% | MEDAL | 5 | An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of it |
| 29% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 29% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 29% | PAPI | 4 | “Ay ___, I say / to the scar on my belly. i only knew my name / when it came out of her mouth”: José Olivarez, “Guapo” |
| 28% | IMLATE | 6 | "Get out of my way. I have a meeting to get to!" |
| 28% | RENEE | 5 | First name of the alphabetically last Best Actress Oscar winner |
| 28% | ORSONWE/NSLLES | 14 | Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time" |
| 28% | INS | 3 | "It took me a while to learn the ___ and outs of the job" |
| 28% | STUART | 6 | First name of an E. B. White character who says that “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone” |
| 27% | SUER | 4 | Person who takes a case to Judge Judy, say |
| 27% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | "Ray" Oscar winner who is a creator and producer of "Alert: Missing Persons Unit": 2 wds. |
| 27% | TIMOTHYHUTTON | 13 | "Ordinary People" Oscar winner who plays the father of 50-Across in a 2020 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MAEWEST | 7 | Who said "I believe in censorship. After all I made a fortune out of it" |
| 27% | LAILA | 5 | First name of a world champion boxer who was daughter to a world champion boxer |
| 27% | SHOTGUN | 7 | I call __ says a person who wants to ride up front |
| 26% | OHARA | 5 | To whom Butler said "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
| 26% | EIGHTBULBJOKE | 13 | Gag about how many people it takes to change the devices of a whole chandelier, maybe? |
| 26% | NADAL | 5 | Rafael ___, tennis star and Grand Slam winner who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 26% | EMIL | 4 | First name of the very first winner of the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1929 |
| 26% | JUNETEENTH | 10 | "A collective thank-you to a people who made a way out of no way," per Wanda Blake |
| 26% | MAEWEST | 7 | Early film star who once said, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it." |
| 26% | MRT | 3 | Who said "When I'm ready to fight, my opponent has a better chance for surviving a forest fire wearing gasoline drawers" |
| 26% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 26% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |