| 100% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 27-Down, actress who plays the wife of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 60% | FELICITY | 8 | With 55-Across, English actress who plays the first wife of 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 59% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 56% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 56% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 36-Across, "The Greatest Showman" actress who plays Anne Weying in "Venom" |
| 55% | SIENNA | 6 | With 36-Across, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" actress who plays Chris Kyle's wife in "American Sniper" |
| 54% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 54% | VEDA | 4 | Boston-born actress Borg, who played the wife of Jocko Robertson in "The Alamo" ('60) |
| 52% | CHRIS | 5 | With 30-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor who plays Owen Grady in 15-Across/47-Across |
| 52% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 51% | EMMASTONE | 9 | Actress who plays tennis great Billie Jean King in the 2017 film "Battle of the Sexes" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | HOPEDAVIS | 9 | "Wayward Pines" actress who plays the wife of a mob boss on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MAGGIE | 6 | With 34-Across, "Psych" actress who plays the mother in 18-Across |
| 49% | JESSICATANDY | 12 | "Driving Miss Daisy" actress who played 15-Across in the original 1940s stage production of "A Streetcar Named Desire": 2 wds. |
| 49% | LIV | 3 | With 27-Down, actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer |
| 48% | MARLA | 5 | ___ Pennington, actress who played the character of Joan Lawson in the sitcom "Small Wonder" |
| 48% | LORNE | 5 | Marion ___, American actress who played the role of Aunt Clara in the TV series "Bewitched" |
| 48% | MONTGOMERY | 10 | Elizabeth ___, American actress who played the role of Samantha Stephens in the TV series "Bewitched" |
| 48% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 48% | FRANKIEADAMS | 12 | Actress who plays the role of Bobbie Draper in the science fiction TV series "The Expanse": 2 wds. |
| 47% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 47% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Schulman, actress who played the character of Harriet Brindle in the science fiction sitcom "Small Wonder" |
| 47% | CARA | 4 | ___ Gee, actress who plays the role of Camina Drummer in the science fiction TV series "The Expanse" |
| 47% | BABERUTH | 8 | 15-Across great known as the "Sultan of Swat" who was honored with a "Day" at Yankee Stadium on April 27, 1947 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SOFIA | 5 | ___ Hublitz, actress who plays the character of Charlotte Byrde in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 47% | LINNEY | 6 | Laura ___, actress who plays the character of Wendy Byrde in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 47% | EMERY | 5 | Lisa ___, actress who plays the character of Darlene Snell in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 47% | GARNER | 6 | Julia ___, actress who plays the character of Ruth Langmore in Netflix's "Ozark" |
| 47% | SARAH | 5 | ___ Shahi, "The L Word" actress who plays the role of Adrianna Tomaz in the 2022 film "Black Adam" |
| 47% | FELICITY | 8 | With 17-Across, "The Theory of Everything" actress who plays pilot Amelia Wren in 30-Across |