| 100% | MARYJ | 5 | With 40-Across, "The Wiz Live!" actress who plays Florence in "Mudbound": 2 wds. |
| 59% | EVELYNKEYES | 11 | Actress who played Suellen O'Hara in the film "Gone With the Wind": 2 wds. |
| 56% | ELLIEKEMPER | 11 | Actress who plays the lead role in 12-/24-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |
| 56% | PENELOPEANN | 11 | With 50-Across, "Carlito's Way" actress who plays the First Lady in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | AMBERRILEY | 10 | "The Wiz Live!" actress who played Mercedes Jones on "Glee": 2 wds. |
| 56% | QUEENLATIFAH | 12 | Singer who played the Wiz in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 55% | VICKILAWRENCE | 13 | Actress who played Mama Thelma Harper in "The Family" skits with 38-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "The Twilight Saga" actress who plays Sara Howard in 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 55% | SONJASOHN | 9 | "The Wire" actress who plays Nancy, the title boxer's mother, in a 2023 biopic about 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | 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. |
| 54% | LIVTYLER | 8 | "Armageddon" actress who played the lead singer's girlfriend Faye in 34-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 54% | HALLEBAILEY | 11 | "Grown-ish" actress who plays Ariel in the live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid": 2 wds. |
| 54% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Doctor Strange" actress who plays the title character's mom in 33-/49-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | CAREYMULLIGAN | 13 | "The Great Gatsby" actress who plays Laura in "Mudbound": 2 wds. |
| 54% | AMBERRILEY | 10 | Singer who played Addaperle in "The Wiz Live!": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who plays Tina Turner in the music biopic "What's Love Got to Do with It" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | "Gossip Girl" actress who plays Lily Bloom in the 2024 film "It Ends With Us" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JULIEANDREWS | 12 | Actress who won an Oscar for playing the title role in 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARGARETAVERY | 13 | Actress who plays Shug in "The Color Purple" who reunites with co-star Danny Glover in 28-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | Actress who plays the "It Girl" in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 53% | HALLEBERRY | 10 | Actress who played Catwoman in the 2004 film "Catwoman": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JULIECHRISTIE | 13 | "Shampoo" actress who played Lara in the 1965 film version of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 53% | LUCYLIU | 7 | Actress who plays 22-Across/41-Across in the CBS series "Elementary" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | LINDAHAMILTON | 13 | Actress who plays 30-Across in the 2019 sequel to 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | LILYJAMES | 9 | Actress who plays an English archaeologist in the 2021 film "The Dig": 2 wds. |
| 53% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | Actress who plays Annie in the 2018 action comedy film "Game Night": 2 wds. |
| 53% | ISABELSANFORD | 13 | Actress who played Louise on "All in the Family" and 45-Across (2 wds.) |