| 100% | WILLIE | 6 | With 31-Across, "On the Road Again" singer who played Doc Holliday in the 1986 TV movie "Stagecoach" |
| 42% | ROBERT | 6 | With 31-Across, singer who performed his song "Addicted to Love" to open the third MTV Video Music Awards, in 1986 |
| 41% | ZAZIEBEETZ | 10 | "Atlanta" actress who plays Stagecoach Mary in the western movie "The Harder They Fall" on Netflix: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 38% | GAL | 3 | "Keeping up with the Joneses" actress Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in 31-Across |
| 38% | FRED | 4 | ___ Astaire, actor who played Santa Claus in the 1979 TV movie "The Man in the Santa Claus suit" |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | With 50-Across, soul singer played by Chadwick Boseman in the 2014 biopic "Get On Up" |
| 37% | KIRKDOUGLAS | 11 | "Spartacus" actor who played Doc Holliday in 1957's "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Ackroyd, actor who played the titular character in the TV movie "Exo-Man" in 1977 |
| 36% | DENNIS | 6 | With 34-Across, "Speed" actor who played the villain President Koopa in the 1993 video-game movie "Super Mario Bros." |
| 36% | PAUL | 4 | With 50-Across, "Ant-Man" actor who plays a murdered Hollywood actor on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 36% | LEE | 3 | Cathy ___ Crosby, actress who played the titular character in the TV movie "Wonder Woman" in 1974 |
| 36% | REBBROWN | 8 | Actor who played the titular character in the TV movie "Captain America" in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PATTON | 6 | With 31-Across, "The King of Queens" actor who plays Principal Durbin on "A.P. Bio" |
| 35% | WARREN | 6 | With 35-Across, actor who played Clyde, one of the title characters on the run in 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde" |
| 35% | BLEU | 4 | Corbin —, actor-dancer who played Chad Danforth in the High School Musical TV movie and film trilogy |
| 35% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | "The Rookie" actor who played Doc Holliday in 1994's "Wyatt Earp": 2 wds. |
| 35% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Actor Ben ___ who played Mahatma Gandhi in the movie "Gandhi" and was born on New Year's Eve |
| 35% | MINKA | 5 | With 31-Across, "The Butler" star who plays Detective Valerie Stahl in 17-Across |
| 35% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | "On the Road Again" and "Always on My Mind" singer whose first name rhymes with "chili": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MICHAELGROSS | 12 | Actor who played Burt Gummer in both the movie and TV series "Tremors": 2 wds. |
| 34% | WALSH | 5 | Kimberley —, singer-actress who played Prissy Polly in 2011 family film Horrid Henry: The Movie |
| 34% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 34% | WILLIE | 6 | With 32-Across, country legend who sang "On the Road Again": 2 wds. |
| 34% | EILEENBRENNAN | 13 | Actress who played Doreen Lewis in both the movie and TV series "Private Benjamin": 2 wds. |
| 34% | CHRIS | 5 | With 33-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" star who plays Owen Grady in 15-/49-Across |
| 34% | CHRIS | 5 | With 30-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor who plays Owen Grady in 15-Across/47-Across |
| 34% | CHRIS | 5 | With 32-Across, "The Lego Movie" actor who played Andy Dwyer on "Parks and Recreation" |
| 34% | JEWEL | 5 | Singer-actress who played Sue Lee Shelley in 1999 film drama Ride with the Devil |