| 100% | IDI | 3 | With 55-Down, despot played by Forest Whitaker |
| 57% | IDI | 3 | Despot played by Forest |
| 55% | IDI | 3 | ___ Amin (dictator played by Forest Whitaker) |
| 51% | IDI | 3 | Amin played by Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” |
| 51% | AMIN | 4 | Dictator played by Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” |
| 51% | IDI | 3 | Dictator Amin played by Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" |
| 43% | GET | 3 | With 55 Down, erupt |
| 42% | ARE | 3 | With 55 Down, emphatic denial |
| 41% | IDI | 3 | Dictator played by Forest |
| 41% | IDI | 3 | Amin portrayed by Forest Whitaker |
| 40% | IDI | 3 | ___ Amin (dictator portrayed by Forest Whitaker) |
| 40% | IDI | 3 | Despot portrayed by Forest |
| 39% | AMIN | 4 | Dictator played by Whitaker |
| 38% | DONT | 4 | With 55 Down, "Come on, everyone can see that's true!" |
| 37% | DOROTHY | 7 | With 48-Down, character played by 1-Down/16-Across |
| 37% | OLDCARY | 7 | With 55-Across, reply supposedly sent by the actor |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Sport played by horse riders with mallets |
| 36% | BRIDGE | 6 | Card game played by partners, with bidding |
| 36% | NANCY | 5 | ___ Downs, character with a goth aesthetic played by Fairuza Balk in "The Craft" |
| 36% | BEAN | 4 | Comic character played by Rowan Atkinson, with "Mr." |
| 36% | DOPE | 4 | 2015 coming-of-age film produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi |
| 36% | RUN | 3 | With 55-Down, gamble |
| 35% | THIRD | 5 | With 55-Down, inning enders |
| 35% | THE | 3 | With 55-Down, best ever |
| 35% | ITS | 3 | With 55-Down, “My treat” |
| 34% | THE | 3 | With 48-Down, Time Lord played by various performers |
| 34% | BARBEROFSEVILLE | 15 | Opera based on a play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with "The" |
| 34% | GET | 3 | With 20 Down, 2017 blockbuster by Jordan Peele |
| 34% | LOCH | 4 | With 55-Down, monster's lake |
| 34% | SEA | 3 | With 55-Down, oceanographer's aid |