| 100% | VANESSA | 7 | With 38-Across, "Powerless" actress who played Gabriella Montez in "High School Musical" |
| 56% | HUDGENS | 7 | Gabriella Montez in High School Musical |
| 50% | VICKILAWRENCE | 13 | Actress who played Mama Thelma Harper in "The Family" skits with 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | ASHLEYTISDALE | 13 | Actress who played Sharpay Evans in the "High School Musical" movies: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANNMARGRET | 10 | Actress who played high schooler Kim McAfee in the 1963 movie musical "Bye Bye Birdie": Hyph. |
| 43% | CARROLL | 7 | With 38-Across, "All in the Family" actor who played Archie Bunker |
| 42% | GWYNETH | 7 | With 38-Across, actress who played 44-Across |
| 41% | KATEMARA | 8 | "House of Cards" actress who plays high school instructor Claire Wilson on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Million Dollar Baby" actress who plays high-school teacher Erin Gruwell in "Freedom Writers" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ANTHONY | 7 | With 38-Across, actor who played baseball's Jim Piersall in the 1957 biopic "Fear Strikes Out" |
| 40% | ALLYSHEEDY | 10 | Actress who, in 1985, played a high school outcast in "The Breakfast Club" and an aspiring architect in "St. Elmo's Fire": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARGARETAVERY | 13 | Actress who plays Shug in "The Color Purple" who reunites with co-star Danny Glover in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LUCYLIU | 7 | Actress who played Kitty Baxter in 2002 musical Chicago |
| 40% | MAGGIE | 6 | With 34-Across, "Psych" actress who plays the mother in 18-Across |
| 40% | LUCYLIU | 7 | Actress who played Kitty Baxter in 2002 film musical Chicago |
| 40% | KAREN | 5 | With 49-Across, actress who played Gidget in 1969 |
| 39% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Hairspray" actress who plays Betty Ford in "The First Lady" |
| 39% | ALIMACGRAW | 10 | "Love Story" actress who played Carol McCoy in 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ZAC | 3 | He played Troy in High School Musical |
| 39% | EMILY | 5 | With 29-Across, "Oppenheimer" actress who plays director Jody Moreno in "The Fall Guy" |
| 39% | WALLIS | 6 | Shani —, actress who played Nancy in 1968 film version of musical Oliver! |
| 39% | NEWTONJOHN | 10 | Olivia —, singer and actress who played Sandy in 1978 film musical Grease |
| 39% | LINDA | 5 | With 35-Across, actress who played Regan MacNeil in 18-Across |
| 39% | MARGOT | 6 | With 20-Across, Australian actress who played a mass-produced doll in a 2023 blockbuster film |
| 39% | EVELYNKEYES | 11 | Actress who played Suellen O'Hara in the film "Gone With the Wind": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ZACEFRON | 8 | Actor who plays Troy Bolton in the "High School Musical" movies (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GAYNOR | 6 | Mitzi —, actress who played Ensign Nellie Forbush in 1958 film musical South Pacific |
| 38% | VANESSAHUDGENS | 14 | "High School Musical" actress who starred in the Netflix holiday movies "The Knight Before Christmas" and "The Princess Switch": 2 wds. |
| 38% | SANTINO | 7 | With 38-Across, "Tootsie" actor who won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| 38% | SALMA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Eternals" actress who plays Kitty Softpaws in "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" |