| 100% | REDSKULL | 8 | Villain who recovered the Tesseract in "Captain America: The First Avenger": 2 wds. |
| 60% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | 19-Across and 32-Across actor who plays Dr. Abraham Erskine in "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | EVANS | 5 | Chris ___ who starred in "Captain America: The First Avenger" |
| 48% | EVANS | 5 | Chris —, US actor who played the title role in 2011 action film Captain America: The First Avenger |
| 47% | JAVIERBARDEM | 12 | "Skyfall" villain portrayer who plays Captain Salazar in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | Actor who plays Captain America in "Avengers: Endgame" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | Actor who played the Hulk in the Avengers movies: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARKRUFFALO | 11 | "Foxcatcher" actor who played the Hulk in "The Avengers": 2 wds. |
| 45% | REBBROWN | 8 | Actor who played the titular character in the TV movie "Captain America" in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DRNO | 4 | Villain in the first James Bond movie: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 45% | JOESIMON | 8 | First editor of Timely Comics who co-created Marvel's Captain America with Jack Kirby: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MICHAELKEATON | 13 | Actor who plays Vulture, the villain in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Oilers center who became the NHL's first unanimous MVP in 1982: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOSEABREU | 9 | First baseman for the White Sox who won the American League MVP award in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 44% | PHYLLISGEORGE | 13 | Former Miss America who cohosted "The NFL Today" in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MIRANDALAMBERT | 14 | "Vice" singer who came in third on the first season of "Nashville Star": 2 wds. |
| 44% | STEPHENCURRY | 12 | Warriors point guard who became the NBA's first unanimous MVP in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHRISEVANS | 10 | Actor who's played both Captain America and the Human Torch: 2 wds. |
| 43% | URSULAANDRESS | 13 | Swiss actress who played the first Bond girl in "Dr. No": 2 wds. |
| 43% | SEBASTIANSTAN | 13 | "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" actor who plays Scott Huffman in "The Last Full Measure" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | EDDIEMURPHY | 11 | "Coming to America" actor who played the title role in 1998's "Dr. Dolittle": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | "Layla" guitarist who shares his first name with the prince in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Hannibal" actor who plays the villain Kaecilius in 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | VIOLADAVIS | 10 | "The Help" actress who plays First Lady Obama in the upcoming Showtime series "The First Lady": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RICHARDBYRD | 11 | American explorer who in 1929 became the first person to fly over the South Pole: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ARIELWINTER | 11 | "Modern Family" actress who shares her first name with the mermaid in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 42% | URSULAANDRESS | 13 | "Dr. No" actress who shares her first name with the sea witch in "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WALTERJOHNSON | 13 | Senators pitcher who was inducted in the first Hall of Fame ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WILLIAMSHATNER | 14 | Actor who first played James T. Kirk, the captain played by Chris Pine in the new "Star Trek" films (2 wds.) |