| 100% | RONALD | 6 | With 19 Across, leader portrayed by Alan Rickman in "Lee Daniels' The Butler" |
| 44% | HANSGRUBER | 10 | Antagonist portrayed by Alan Rickman in the movie mentioned in 50a where Bruce Willis plays John McClane: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SNAPE | 5 | Hogwarts professor played by Alan Rickman in the movies |
| 38% | SNAPE | 5 | Professor played by Alan Rickman in the Harry Potter films |
| 38% | SNAPE | 5 | Severus ___, character played by Alan Rickman in the "Harry Potter" movies |
| 35% | KOREYWISE | 9 | Exonerated suspect portrayed by 33-Across in the miniseries "When They See Us" on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 34% | IGOR | 4 | Frankenstein's assistant, portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe in the 2015 film "Victor Frankenstein" |
| 33% | MOUTH | 5 | ___ McFadden, character portrayed by Lee Norris in the 2000's TV series "One Tree Hill" |
| 32% | MYSTERIOUS | 10 | With 19 Across, the Orient |
| 32% | EYE | 3 | "___ in the Sky," song by the Alan Parsons Project with a rhyming title |
| 32% | GRUBER | 6 | Hans __, baddie played by Alan Rickman in Die Hard |
| 31% | BERNARD | 7 | With 23 Across, luxury goods magnate listed by Forbes as the world's wealthiest person in 2023 |
| 31% | KLING | 5 | With 19-Across, its high council meets in the Great Hall of the First City |
| 31% | SNOW | 4 | With 19-Across, place for kids to play in the winter |
| 31% | LEGALIZED | 9 | With 20 Across, what the people of AZ, NJ, MT, and SD voted for by proposition in 2020 |
| 31% | SUPER | 5 | With 19-Across, series of arcade games that requires saving the Princess in the Mushroom Kingdom |
| 31% | JAMESBOND | 9 | A spy for "MI6" known for his flair and Aston Martins, portrayed by Daniel Craig in the recent films: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DEFYING | 7 | With 48-Across, song sung by Elphaba in the musical "Wicked" |
| 30% | RICHARD | 7 | With 19 Across, billionaire who took a notable vacation in July 2021 |
| 29% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 29% | SNAPE | 5 | Alan Rickman's role in the "Harry Potter" films |
| 29% | SNAPE | 5 | Alan Rickman's role in the Harry Potter movies |
| 29% | LISBETH | 7 | Salander played by 18-Across in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" |
| 28% | WHOKILLED | 9 | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| 28% | CHUTNEY | 7 | The butler's name in Top Cat, voiced by Paul Frees |
| 28% | EVERS | 5 | Civil rights leader portrayed in "For Us, The Living" |
| 28% | LINCOLN | 7 | With 124-Across, dedicated in October 1913, project represented by the 13 pairs of circled letters |
| 28% | LAWRENCE | 8 | With 42-Across, 1962 historical epic directed by David Lean and set in the Ottoman Empire |
| 28% | INASCRABBLEGAME | 15 | With 30- and 49-Across, test question to be answered by filling in the correct circle |
| 28% | HOFFA | 5 | Labor leader Jimmy portrayed by Al Pacino in "The Irishman" |