| 100% | EMILY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Into the Woods" actress who became an American citizen in 2015 |
| 47% | JIMCARREY | 9 | "Liar Liar" actor who became an American citizen in 2004: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CARYGRANT | 9 | "North by Northwest" actor who became an American citizen in 1942: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | "Into the Woods" actress who plays a feminist in 42-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARGOT | 6 | With 32-Across, "I, Tonya" actress who plays Harley Quinn in "The Suicide Squad" |
| 41% | 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 |
| 39% | LAURENBACALL | 12 | "Key Largo" actress who played an American widow in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 39% | LUPITA | 6 | With 42-Across, actress who played Maz Kanata from the planet Takodana in 2015's "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 39% | BENWALLACE | 10 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 2003 with the Detroit Pistons: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FREDVANVLEET | 12 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 2022 with the Toronto Raptors: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNSTARKS | 10 | Undrafted NBA player who became an All-Star in 1994 with the New York Knicks: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ARIANA | 6 | With 21-Across, actress who won an Oscar playing Anita in 2021's "West Side Story," 60 years after Rita Moreno did the same |
| 37% | PAULMOLITOR | 11 | Brewers third baseman, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004, who became the Twins' manager in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RODDY | 5 | With 32-Across, American rapper whose "The Box" was the #3 song on Spotify in 2020 |
| 37% | ROBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Dirty Grandpa" actor who plays William Hale in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 36% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CRAIGT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Coach" star who played the father in the 1982 version of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TRACEYULLMAN | 12 | "Into the Woods" actress who played Princess Winnifred in the 2005 made-for-TV version of "Once Upon a Mattress": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDWARD | 6 | With 32-Across, "The Illusionist" actor who plays the nameless character The Narrator in the 1999 movie "Fight Club" |
| 36% | PATRICK | 7 | With 32-Across, "Made of Honor" actor who played JFK in the miniseries "JFK: Reckless Youth" |
| 35% | JLO | 3 | Nickname for the female singer who became an "American Idol" judge in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NICOLEKIDMAN | 12 | "Lion" actress who costars with Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley in 32-Across: 2 wds |
| 35% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SISSYSPACEK | 11 | Oscar-winning actress who starred with 29-Across in "The Old Man & the Gun" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "True Detective" actress who played 32-Across in the Guy Ritchie film "Sherlock Holmes" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays Fantine in the 2012 film adaptation of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 45-Across, actress who played Catwoman in the 1992 film "Batman Returns" |
| 35% | JAVIER | 6 | With 32-Across, "Skyfall" actor who plays King Triton in "The Little Mermaid" |
| 34% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Actress who wrote the 2015 memoir "Born With Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MELISSALEO | 10 | "The Fighter" actress who costars in 32-Across: 2 wds. |