| 100% | HANKS | 5 | Tom who played Forrest Gump |
| 77% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Actor who played Forrest Gump |
| 68% | TOM | 3 | ___ Hanks, actor who played Forrest Gump in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 56% | HANKS | 5 | Tom who played Robert Langdon |
| 55% | TOMHANKS | 8 | He played Forrest Gump |
| 55% | HULCE | 5 | Tom who played Mozart in "Amadeus" |
| 54% | WOPAT | 5 | Tom who played TV's Luke Duke |
| 54% | CONTI | 5 | Tom who plays Albert Einstein in “Oppenheimer” |
| 53% | HOLLAND | 7 | Actor Tom who plays Spider-Man |
| 52% | HARDY | 5 | Tom who played Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises" |
| 52% | ROBIN | 5 | ___ Wright, actress who played Jenny Curran in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 51% | TOMHANKS | 8 | He won an Oscar for playing Forrest Gump |
| 51% | WOPAT | 5 | Actor Tom who played Luke Duke on TV |
| 51% | GARY | 4 | ___ Sinise, actor who played Lieutenant Dan Taylor in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 51% | TOMHANKS | 8 | US film star, played Forrest Gump, Sully and Woody |
| 50% | FIELD | 5 | Sally ___, actress who played Mrs. Gump in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 50% | ROBCORDDRY | 10 | "Ballers" actor who plays Forrest on 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ALABAMA | 7 | Where Forrest Gump played college football |
| 49% | HANKS | 5 | Actor Tom who plays six roles in 7-/49-Across |
| 49% | TOMHANKS | 8 | Forrest Gump star who released a book in 2023 |
| 47% | ROBINWRIGHT | 11 | "Forrest Gump" actress who plays Claire Underwood on "House of Cards": 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOMHANKS | 8 | "Forrest Gump" actor who played band manager Amos White in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Tolkan, actor who played Tom "Stinger" Jardian in "Top Gun" |
| 46% | VAL | 3 | ___ Kilmer, actor who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in "Top Gun" |
| 46% | ANDREWSCOTT | 11 | "Fleabag" actor who plays Tom Ripley in "Ripley" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SAM | 3 | Actor Humphrey who plays General Tom Thumb in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 45% | GARYSINISE | 10 | "Forrest Gump" actor who played grounded Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly in "Apollo 13": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JAMESDREYFUS | 12 | Actor who played Tom Farrell in BBC TV sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme |
| 44% | EDGERTON | 8 | Joel who played Tom in the 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby |
| 44% | MATTHEWS | 8 | Jessie —, English actress who played Anne in 1958 family film Tom Thumb |