| 100% | SWANLAKE | 8 | Tchaikovsky dance classic in which 15-Across performed the lead role of Odette/Odile: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MATTSMITH | 9 | Eleventh actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2010-2013): 2 wds. |
| 44% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | Tenth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across (2005-2010): 2 wds. |
| 43% | PETERCAPALDI | 12 | Twelfth actor to play the lead role in 15-Across, starting in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film in which 15-Across plays the girlfriend of Ansel Elgort's character: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ELISABETHMOSS | 13 | American actress who plays the lead role of Offred in the series in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARKWAHLBERG | 12 | Actor from "The Italian Job", who plays the lead role of Cade Yeager in 30-Across : 2 wds. |
| 41% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | "Mission Impossible" star who turned down the lead role in the classic film "Footloose": 2 wds. |
| 39% | RODDYPIPER | 10 | Rowdy ___, a wrestler who went on to play the lead role in the cult classic "They Live": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | CALLMEISHMAEL | 13 | Classic opening line of 15-Across in which the narrator introduces himself: 3 wds. |
| 37% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | 2017 drama in which Elle Fanning plays the title role, the author of "Frankenstein": 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEPACIFIER | 11 | 2005 American comedy film starring Vin Diesel in which he plays the role of U.S. Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BILLYMADISON | 12 | 1995 classroom comedy in which 29-Across played the title role: 2 wds. |
| 36% | HAPPYGILMORE | 12 | 1996 sports comedy in which 29-Across played the title role: 2 wds. |
| 36% | RIOLOBO | 7 | Civil war film in which John Wayne played the role of Col. Cord McNally: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | 2018 action film in which Alicia Vikander (birthday today) played the role of Lara Croft: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MELGIBSON | 9 | "Lethal Weapon" and "Braveheart" actor who turned down the lead role in "Gladiator": 2 wds. |
| 34% | TURNINGRED | 10 | 2022 Pixar film in which 16-Across voices the mother of a "transformative" 13-year-old: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ACTAS | 5 | Perform the role of (2 wds.) |
| 34% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | Jim Carrey film in which 15-Across played God: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 movie in which 15-Across played a deity: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLIFFHUXTABLE | 13 | Lead role in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | KITHARINGTON | 12 | "Pompeii" lead actor, who plays the role of Jon Snow in "Game Of Thrones" : 2 wds. |
| 33% | RICHARDGERE | 11 | Actor who accepted the role of Edward in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DOCTORWHO | 9 | BBC sci-fi series in which 31-Across plays the 10th and 14th incarnations of the title character: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BLACKSWAN | 9 | Dance drama in which Mila Kunis plays a ballerina working on Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake": 2 wds. |
| 33% | MICKJAGGER | 10 | Lead singer of the Rolling Stones who was knighted in 2003: 2 wds. |