| 100% | EDDIE | 5 | With 17-Across, English actor who plays 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 79% | FELICITY | 8 | With 55-Across, English actress who plays the first wife of 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 66% | FELICITY | 8 | With 17-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actress who plays pilot Amelia Wren in 30-Across |
| 66% | EDDIE | 5 | With 50-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actor who plays weather scientist James Glaisher in 30-Across |
| 60% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 60% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 59% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | Actor of "The Theory of Everything" who is playing Newt Scamander in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald": 2 wds. |
| 58% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | "The Theory of Everything" actor who was nominated for a 2024 Tony for playing the Emcee in "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| 57% | JUSTIN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who plays Riley Poole in the "National Treasure" films and Disney+ series |
| 57% | ROBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Dirty Grandpa" actor who plays William Hale in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 56% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | CHRIS | 5 | With 35-Across, actor who played Ransom in the 2019 murder mystery "Knives Out" |
| 55% | CHRIS | 5 | With 30-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor who plays Owen Grady in 15-Across/47-Across |
| 55% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 17-Across, "Masters of Sex" actor who plays the angel Aziraphale on 30-Across |
| 55% | TIMOTHEE | 8 | With 35-Across, "Little Women" actor who plays the lead character Paul Atreides in "Dune" |
| 55% | WESLEY | 6 | With 35-Across, "Blade" actor who played Noxeema the drag queen in "To Wong Foo ..." |
| 55% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 55% | PATRICK | 7 | With 32-Across, "Made of Honor" actor who played JFK in the miniseries "JFK: Reckless Youth" |
| 55% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 55% | HENRYCAVILL | 11 | English actor who plays Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist in the fantasy series "The Witcher": 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARTIN | 6 | With 41-Across, "Psycho" actor who played Juror 1 in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" |
| 54% | RALPH | 5 | ___ Fiennes, English actor who played the role of Gareth Mallory in James Bond movies |
| 54% | GABLE | 5 | Clark ___, actor who played Rhett Butler in the 1939 film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With The Wind" |
| 54% | KEVINCOSTNER | 12 | "Dances With Wolves" actor who plays Robin Hood in the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | LEE | 3 | Christopher ___, English actor who played the Bond villain in "The Man with the Golden Gun" |
| 53% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | Actor who plays the father in the 2015 remake of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ROBERT | 6 | With 35-Across, "Raging Bull" actor who played Sergeant Mike Vronsky in "The Deer Hunter" |
| 52% | MADSMIKKELSEN | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays the villain in the new 17-Across movie: 2 wds. |
| 52% | PERRY | 5 | 17 Again actor Matthew ___, who plays the role of Chandler Bing in "Friends" |
| 52% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | Actor who played Legolas Greenleaf in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy |