| 100% | AKEY | 4 | Play ___ role in (be involved in an important way): 2 wds. |
| 50% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | Actress in "The Notebook", who played the role of an investigator in Netflix's "True Detective": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LAURAPREPON | 11 | Actress who played Alex Vause, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 49% | NATASHALYONNE | 13 | Actress who played Nicky Nichols, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 49% | KILLINGEVE | 10 | BBC America drama whose title role is an MI5 agent played by Sandra Oh: 2 wds. |
| 49% | TAKESPART | 9 | Is involved in: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ELAINEBENES | 11 | Character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Seinfeld", who is an ex-girlfriend of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | AKEY | 4 | Play ___ role in (be vital to the outcome) (2 wds.) |
| 48% | YAPAT | 5 | Talk to at length in an irritating way: 2 wds. |
| 48% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Actress who played Galina "Red" Reznikov, an inmate in the TV series "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 47% | INSTYLE | 7 | In an impressive way (2 wds) |
| 47% | NATALIEPORTMAN | 14 | "Black Swan" actress who plays Elizabeth Berry, an actress studying Gracie for a movie role in "May December": 2 wds. |
| 47% | RALPHFIENNES | 12 | "The English Patient" actor, who plays officer Amon Goth in 33a, a role for which he was nominated for the Oscars: 2 wds. |
| 47% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | Actress who played the role of Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation", a role she is best-known for: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Sting" actor who played the love interest of Barbra Streisand's character in 1973's "The Way We Were": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROBERTREDFORD | 13 | "The Way We Were" actor who played Johnny Hooker in "The Sting" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | BILLBLACKBURN | 13 | Actor who was originally named William and played Lt Hadley, and had other uncredited roles in "Star Trek: The Original Series": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ACTINGUP | 8 | Behaving in an unruly way, like bratty kids: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEVILSADVOCATE | 14 | Role that may be played in an argument |
| 45% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Actor whose birthday is today, who played the titular role in the TV series "Luther" and also appears in the "Thor" films: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROSAMUNDPIKE | 12 | "Saltburn" actress who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | AMYADAMS | 8 | "Vice" actress who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in 21-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Actor whose birthday it is today who won an Academy Award for playing Gandhi in the titular film and was knighted in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RUSSELLCROWE | 12 | He played the title role in 2010's "Robin Hood": 2 wds. |
| 44% | IWON | 4 | "Victory is mine!" in a way: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DENISERICHARDS | 14 | Actress who played a Bond Girl in "The World Is Not Enough" and appeared in a guest role in "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TOMELLIS | 8 | Actor who plays the titular role in the fantasy series "Lucifer": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DAVECHAPPELLE | 13 | "Undercover Brother" actor who plays Noodles in "A Star Is Born": 2 wds. |
| 44% | WENDELLPIERCE | 13 | "Treme" actor who plays an NYPD captain in "Elsbeth": 2 wds. |