| 100% | HANK | 4 | Tom ___s is the star of Forrest Gump |
| 56% | HEADLINED | 9 | Was the star of |
| 53% | ARLINGTON | 9 | Where the star of 2009's "The Proposal" was born |
| 52% | CRANSTON | 8 | Bryan who was the star of Breaking Bad |
| 51% | MRT | 3 | Star of the motivational video "Be Somebody ... or Be Somebody's Fool" |
| 50% | HUNT | 4 | "The ___ for Red October" 1990 American submarine spy-thriller film which is based on Tom Clancy's novel of the same name, starring Sean Connery |
| 49% | MARSAIMARTIN | 12 | Producer who was the first cover star of Essence's Girls United |
| 49% | BRADLEY | 7 | The star of The Hangover and A Star Is Born |
| 48% | STA | 3 | Tom Cruise is one of the world's biggest movie ___rs |
| 48% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Star of Cast Away and Forrest Gump |
| 47% | MATTDAMON | 9 | Star of The Martian and Good Will Hunting |
| 47% | RIDGE | 5 | Tom who was the first Secretary of Homeland Security |
| 46% | OLIN | 4 | Lena, star of The Unbearable Lightness of Being |
| 46% | RAT | 3 | The star of pixar's Ratatouille |
| 46% | GARLAND | 7 | Star of the 1954 remake of A Star is Born: Judy __ |
| 45% | GOOD | 4 | "___ Will Hunting," drama starring Matt Damon that's one of the highest-grossing independent films |
| 45% | JLO | 3 | Star of the '24 film "This Is Me ... Now: A Love Story" |
| 44% | MAIL | 4 | "You've Got ___," 1998 romcom directed by Nora Ephron, starring Tom Hanks which is also one the highest grossing rom coms of all times |
| 44% | HEADSTART | 9 | Racer's advantage ... and what each part of the answers to starred clues can be |
| 44% | SPOILERALERT | 12 | Movie reviewer's warning ... or what the last words of each starred answer can be? |
| 44% | HANKS | 5 | Actor Tom who is the voice of Woody from "Toy Story" |
| 44% | MCMAHON | 7 | Ed who was the original host of TV's "Star Search" |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds" (Spielberg film starring Tom Cruise) |
| 44% | GOODVIBRATIONS | 14 | Number-one hit released by The Beach Boys in 1966 which was featured in the climax scene of "Vanilla Sky" starring Tom Cruise: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SUN | 3 | Star that a day of the week is named after |
| 43% | THEJEDI | 7 | __ are masters of the Light Side in Star Wars |
| 43% | RIKER | 5 | Will, first officer of the Enterprise in Star Trek |
| 43% | PITT | 4 | Star of the ''Ocean's'' films |
| 43% | SAM | 3 | Actor Elliott of the upcoming "A Star Is Born" |
| 43% | SABA | 4 | Small Dutch island, the S of the BES isles |