| 100% | BILLYBOB | 8 | With 48-Across, "Bad Santa" star who played a serial killer on FX's "Fargo": 2 wds. |
| 49% | COLIN | 5 | With 40-Across, "Orange County" star who played a cop on FX's "Fargo" |
| 47% | MARTINFREEMAN | 13 | "The Hobbit" trilogy star who played an insurance salesman on FX's "Fargo": 2 wds. |
| 46% | REBAMCENTIRE | 12 | Grammy-winning country star who plays a singer on 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DOVECAMERON | 11 | "Liv and Maddie" star who played a farmer's daughter on "Schmigadoon!" and a cabaret performer on "Schmicago": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KEVINNEALON | 11 | "Weeds" actor who plays Adam's brother Don on "Man With a Plan": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOSHUAJACKSON | 13 | "Fringe" star who plays 18-Across's husband on "The Affair": 2 wds. |
| 42% | WILLIAMSHATNER | 14 | "Star Trek" star who played a murderous actor on "Columbo": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JASONBATEMAN | 12 | "Ozark" star who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EDDIEALBERT | 11 | "Green Acres" star who played a murderous general on "Columbo": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALFONSORIBEIRO | 14 | "Dancing With the Stars" host who played one of Ricky's friends on 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Breaking Bad" star who played dentist Tim Whatley on "Seinfeld": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MATTLEBLANC | 11 | "Friends" actor who plays Adam Burns on "Man With a Plan": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DEBBIEALLEN | 11 | "Grey's Anatomy" star who played a dance teacher on "Fame" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BRYANCRANSTON | 13 | "Breaking Bad" actor who plays a judge on 54-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JAMESBROLIN | 11 | Actor who played a physician on 28-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | "Annie Hall" star who played 30-Across in a 1994 docudrama: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CONNIEBRITTON | 13 | "Nashville" star who played a guidance counselor on "Friday Night Lights" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MARKHARMON | 10 | A former college football star who plays Leroy Gibbs on "NCIS": 2 wds |
| 38% | JOHNGOODMAN | 11 | "Kong: Skull Island" star who plays Roseanne's husband Dan on "Roseanne": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MJRODRIGUEZ | 11 | Actress who plays Blanca on FX's "Pose": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" host who plays a Kellogg's employee in 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | HILARYSWANK | 11 | "Boys Don't Cry" star who played 30-Across in a 2009 biopic: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ALANCUMMING | 11 | "The Good Wife" star who played a closeted mayor on "Schmigadoon!" and a vengeful butcher on "Schmicago": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | Pop star who sang a duet with Lady Gaga on his hit "Your Song" at the 2010 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 37% | VINCEVAUGHN | 11 | "Dodgeball" and "The Internship" actor who plays a killer who changes bodies with Millie in "Freaky" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TONYDANZA | 9 | "The Good Cop" actor who played a former pro baseball player on "Who's the Boss?": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BRADLEYCOOPER | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays a defense contractor with a romantic conflict: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GERARDBUTLER | 12 | "300" star who plays a Secret Service agent in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |