| 100% | NICOLE | 6 | With 37-Across, "Rabbit Hole" actress who left the Church of Scientology |
| 65% | MIMIROGERS | 10 | "Lost in Space" actress who left the Church of Scientology: 2 wds. |
| 60% | LEAHREMINI | 10 | "The King of Queens" actress who left the Church of Scientology: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SALMA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Eternals" actress who plays Kitty Softpaws in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" |
| 41% | OCTAVIA | 7 | With 37-Across, "Hidden Figures" actress who voices the manticore Corey in "Onward" |
| 41% | AMY | 3 | Actress Carlson who left the cast of "Blue Bloods" in 2017 |
| 39% | GEORGE | 6 | With 37-Across, speaker of the query |
| 39% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 37-Across, the King of Pop |
| 39% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 27-Down, actress who plays the wife of 15-Across in "The Greatest Showman" |
| 39% | LRON | 4 | & 8A US science fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology |
| 38% | THOMAS | 6 | With 37-Across, inventor who held 1,093 US patents and is called "the Wizard of Menlo Park" |
| 38% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | Actress who's the subject of 54-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LAUREN | 6 | With 33-Across, "American Gigolo" actress who appeared on the cover of Vogue 28 times |
| 38% | RHEA | 4 | ___ Perlman, "Cheers" actress who shares her name with the mother of gods in Greek mythology |
| 38% | JUSTINA | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who plays Penelope Alvarez on 49-Across |
| 37% | HENRY | 5 | With 37-Across, "The Grapes of Wrath" actor who played president-to-be Abraham Lincoln in "Young Mr. Lincoln" (1939) |
| 37% | SHELLEY | 7 | With 37-Across, she won two Best Supporting Actress Oscars, for "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue" |
| 37% | MARYKATEOLSEN | 13 | Actress who shared the role of Michelle Tanner with her twin sister, Ashley in the 1987 sitcom "Full House:" 2 wds. |
| 37% | KRISTEN | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who portrayed Jodie Foster's daughter in "Panic Room" |
| 36% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 37-Across, "Charmed" actress who played Tony's daughter Samantha on 18-Across |
| 36% | KATHY | 5 | With 37-Across, "Misery" actress who played Delphine LaLaurie on "American Horror Story: Coven" |
| 36% | KENNETH | 7 | With 37-Across, Scottish author who wrote "The Wind in the Willows": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DARK | 4 | With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
| 36% | LIV | 3 | With 27-Down, actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer |
| 36% | ANNEHECHE | 9 | Actress who starred in the 1998 remake of 49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FELICITY | 8 | With 55-Across, English actress who plays the first wife of 35-Across in "The Theory of Everything" |
| 36% | RUBYDEE | 7 | Actress and activist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts, along with her husband, in 1995 |
| 36% | EMMA | 4 | Actress Thompson who wrote the 2014 book "The Spectacular Tale of Peter Rabbit" |
| 36% | EMILYMORTIMER | 13 | Actress who plays MacKenzie McHale, the executive producer on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 44-Across, actress who won an Emmy Award for playing Tanya McQuoid on the first season of "The White Lotus" |