| 100% | BRAD | 4 | With 34-Across, "Moneyball" actor who plays a rescuer of the novelist in "The Lost City" |
| 55% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Narcos" actor who plays Dora's dad in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MICHAELPENA | 11 | "Ant-Man" actor who plays Dora's father in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ASHER | 5 | With 34-Across, "Andi Mack" actor who plays the younger version of 38-Across in "Shazam!" |
| 53% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 52% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "Doctor Strange" actor who plays a master of the mystic arts in 24-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | "Ocean's 8" actress who plays a novelist kidnapped in the jungle in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 50% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays a protégé of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who plays the novelist's cover model trying to rescue her in "The Lost City": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CALLUMTURNER | 12 | "Fantastic Beasts" actor who plays a University of Washington rower in "The Boys in the Boat" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MICHAELCERA | 11 | "Barbie" actor who plays the head of a viral marketing firm in 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | "Black Mass" actor who plays a pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DENNIS | 6 | With 34-Across, "Speed" actor who played the villain President Koopa in the 1993 video-game movie "Super Mario Bros." |
| 48% | ROBERT | 6 | With 32-Across, "Dirty Grandpa" actor who plays William Hale in "Killers of the Flower Moon" |
| 48% | EDDIE | 5 | With 17-Across, English actor who plays 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 48% | PETEROTOOLE | 11 | "Lawrence of Arabia" actor who played the title Latin teacher in 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | EVA | 3 | Actress Longoria who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" |
| 48% | BENEDICTWONG | 12 | "The Martian" actor who plays a master of the mystical arts in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PAUL | 4 | With 50-Across, "Ant-Man" actor who plays a murdered Hollywood actor on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 47% | ZACHARYGORDON | 13 | Child actor who played 40-Across in the first three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PATRICK | 7 | With 32-Across, "Made of Honor" actor who played JFK in the miniseries "JFK: Reckless Youth" |
| 47% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 47% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 47% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHRIS | 5 | With 30-Across, "Guardians of the Galaxy" actor who plays Owen Grady in 15-Across/47-Across |
| 47% | BENICIODELTORO | 14 | "Traffic" actor who voices Swiper the Fox in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 3 wds. |
| 47% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Overboard" actress who plays Dora's mother in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold": 2 wds. |
| 47% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EVALONGORIA | 11 | "Desperate Housewives" actress who plays Dora's mom in "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2 wds.) |