| 100% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 45% | CHAR | 4 | Actor who played a character with the same first name on "Two and a Half Men" |
| 39% | SHANNEN | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who played 18-Across, 43-Across, and Prue Halliwell on "Charmed," and who turns 50 years old today |
| 39% | RICCI | 5 | Christina ___, actress who played Wednesday Addams in the '90s, and returned in a different role on the Netflix series |
| 39% | ELIZABETHOLSEN | 14 | Actress who plays a powerful witch in Marvel's "Avengers" films and on 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | EMILYMORTIMER | 13 | Actress who plays MacKenzie McHale, the executive producer on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ISABELSANFORD | 13 | Actress who played Louise on "All in the Family" and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress who plays an activist aiding a pregnant woman in a dystopian retelling of the nativity story in "Children of Men" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KIMCATTRALL | 11 | Actress who played Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City" |
| 38% | DENCH | 5 | Actress Judi who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 38% | CRUZ | 4 | Actress Penelope who plays a suspect on the 34-Across |
| 38% | SAMUELLJACKSON | 14 | "The Avengers" actor who plays a man with extremely fragile bones in "Unbreakable" and 62-Across (3 wds.) |
| 38% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | Actor who won a 2013 Emmy for playing Will McAvoy, the anchor and managing editor on 37-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VIVIENLEIGH | 11 | Actress who played Scarlett O'Hara in the film "Gone With the Wind" and also won an Oscar for her work in the film: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 37% | HOPEDAVIS | 9 | "Wayward Pines" actress who plays the wife of a mob boss on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BRUCEWILLIS | 11 | "Die Hard" actor who plays a man with superhuman strength in "Unbreakable" and 62-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "American Horror Story" actress who plays the title character, 46-Across, on a Netflix miniseries (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CAROLBURNETT | 12 | Emmy-winning comedian who played a clumsy woman with a guardian angel on "The Twilight Zone": 2 wds. |
| 36% | OLIVIACOOKE | 11 | "Ready Player One" actress who plays the pregnant girlfriend of a murdered man in 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | KATHRYNHAHN | 11 | "WandaVision" actress who plays advice columnist Clare Pierce in the Hulu series "Tiny Beautiful Things," based on a book by 30-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | INDYA | 5 | With 29-Across, actress who plays Angel on "Pose" |
| 36% | ROBERTDUVALL | 12 | Oscar-winning actor who played a man in love with a tiny doll on "The Twilight Zone": 2 wds. |
| 36% | FASHION | 7 | With 37-Across, up on the latest trends, and a fitting description of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 36% | DENISERICHARDS | 14 | Actress who played a Bond Girl in "The World Is Not Enough" and appeared in a guest role in "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
| 36% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | "Casablanca" actress who played a Swedish missionary in "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JUSTINA | 7 | With 37-Across, actress who plays Penelope Alvarez on 49-Across |
| 35% | YOUR | 4 | With 37- and 39-Across, book and TV series on human evolution, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 35% | TOKSOLAGUNDOYE | 14 | Actress who plays the head of an Ivy League psychology department on "Frasier" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 37-Across, "Charmed" actress who played Tony's daughter Samantha on 18-Across |