| 100% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | Pale-skinned stage and screen star (who had secretly planned to get...) |
| 38% | IDINA | 5 | Stage and screen star Menzel |
| 38% | ARIANA | 6 | Stage and screen star DeBose |
| 38% | LEA | 3 | Stage and screen star Salonga |
| 38% | LANGE | 5 | Stage and screen star Jessica |
| 35% | BETTEMIDLER | 11 | Star of stage and screen known as "The Divine Miss M" who turns 75 today (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 34% | DANIELLEBROOKS | 14 | Actress who starred in stage and screen versions of the musical “The Color Purple” |
| 33% | ACTORS | 6 | Stars of stage and screen |
| 32% | CRUSOE | 6 | Robinson ___, Daniel Defoe's shipwrecked sailor who gets lost at sea and has to survive alone on a deserted island |
| 32% | LINA | 4 | Chinese tennis star who has won both the French and Australian Opens |
| 32% | SMOKE | 5 | "Holy ___!", drama film starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel about a woman who travels to India and has a spiritual awakening |
| 31% | LINA | 4 | Chinese tennis star who has won the French and Australian Opens: 2 wds. |
| 31% | RICKI | 5 | Lake who had a talk show and starred in Hairspray |
| 30% | MRED | 4 | TV star who said "Stop gabbin' and get me some oats!" |
| 30% | ELBA | 4 | Idris ___, an actor who has starred in "Thor" and "Pacific Rim" |
| 30% | PETERS | 6 | Bernadette, musical star of screen and stage |
| 30% | BEEN | 4 | (7/7) Harry who had ["Never ___ Kissed"] 1999 rom-com starring Drew Barrymore...planned to propose Sally. Did she say yes? |
| 30% | MACFARLANE | 10 | "Family Guy" creator Seth, who has created and stars in "The Orville" |
| 30% | CHER | 4 | Star who had at least one Billboard Top Ten hit in every decade from the sixties to the nineties |
| 29% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress who stars in 40-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WENDYWILLIAMS | 13 | TV star who had to take a hiatus from her talk show to address her Graves' disease: 2 wds. |
| 29% | RENEE | 5 | Actress Rapp who has played Regina George in film and stage versions of “Mean Girls” |
| 28% | POTTER | 6 | Harry who gets to Hogwarts from platform 9 and 3/4 |
| 28% | SECONDLOOK | 10 | Reappraisal, and what the answers to the starred clues all have? |
| 28% | DEMILOVATO | 10 | "Sorry Not Sorry" singer and former Disney star who has a tattoo dedicated to her dog Buddy (2 wds.) |
| 28% | CYRIL | 5 | Stage and screen actor ___ Ritchard |
| 28% | BHASKAR | 7 | Stage and screen actor Sanjeev __ |
| 28% | TYSON | 5 | Stage and screen legend Cicely |
| 28% | SMITH | 5 | Stage and screen legend Maggie |