| 100% | UNCLEJESSE | 10 | Role played by 18-Across on "Full House": 2 wds. |
| 68% | RICHARDKIMBLE | 13 | Role played by 18- and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 60% | JAMESGORDON | 11 | Police officer on "Gotham" played by 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 58% | EMMYAWARD | 9 | Honor won twice by 18-Across in the 1950s for playing Schultzy on "The Bob Cummings Show": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JOSIAHBARTLET | 13 | Fictional president played by 43-Across on 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | SHOOTINGGUARD | 13 | Position played by 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | WILLYWONKA | 10 | Chocolate factory owner played by 18-Across in 1971: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HOWARDHUGHES | 12 | Reclusive billionaire played by 18-Across in "Rules Don't Apply: 2 wds. |
| 54% | JENNYWILDER | 11 | Character played by 24-Across/37-Across on "Little House on the Prairie" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | DRWATSON | 8 | Holmes' assistant, played by 29-Across on 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DEREKMORGAN | 11 | Special agent played by 39-Across on 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | JOANCLAYTON | 11 | Character played by Tracee Ellis Ross on 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | KELLYBUNDY | 10 | Ditzy character played by 15-/50-Across on "Married... with Children": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JEANVALJEAN | 11 | Bread thief played by 18-Across in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | CHARLIEWILSON | 13 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2007 comedy-drama: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LARRYCROWNE | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 2011 romantic comedy: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MARTINBYRDE | 11 | Financial analyst played by 46-Across on 40-Down (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | Presidential candidate who has been played by 17-Across on "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| 47% | FORRESTGUMP | 11 | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ADAMMAYFAIR | 11 | Gynecologist played by Nathan Fillion on "Desperate Housewives": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNSTEED | 9 | Spy played by Patrick Macnee on "The Avengers": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JIMPHELPS | 9 | Spy played by Peter Graves on "Mission: Impossible": 2 wds. |
| 47% | JENNIFERMELFI | 13 | Psychiatrist played by Lorraine Bracco on "The Sopranos": 2 wds. |
| 47% | THENEXTDAY | 10 | 2013 album by 18-Across that hit #2 on the charts: 3 wds. |
| 47% | MAXGOODWIN | 10 | Medical director played by 37-Across on 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NANCYBOTWIN | 11 | Drug dealer played by Mary-Louise Parker on "Weeds": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOEWEST | 7 | Detective played by 30-Across on "The Flash" for nine seasons (2 wds.) |
| 46% | EDGREEN | 7 | Detective played by 30-Across on "Law & Order" for nine seasons (2 wds.) |
| 46% | RICOTUBBS | 9 | Undercover detective played by Philip Michael Thomas on 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CLAIREFINN | 10 | Medical officer played by Penny Johnson Jerald on 49-Across (2 wds.) |