| COLEESCOLA | "Difficult People" actor who won a Tony for playing Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway play "Oh, Mary!": 2 wds. |
| MARYTYLERMOORE | "Ordinary People" actress who was Emmy-nominated for playing Mary Todd Lincoln in the 1988 miniseries "Lincoln": 3 wds. |
| ABE | Nickname of Mary's husband in the Broadway play "Oh, Mary!" |
| SALLYFIELD | "Norma Rae" actress who was Oscar-nominated for playing Mary Todd Lincoln in the 2012 film "Lincoln": 2 wds. |
| BILLYEICHNER | Difficult People actor who voices Timon in The Lion King: 2 wds. |
| UMA | Thurman who starred in the Broadway play "The Parisian Woman" |
| HARDROLE | Difficult one for any actor to play: oh dear...left /right to turn? (4,4) |
| BILLY | "Difficult People" actor Eichner |
| COLE | ___ Escola, Tony-winning portrayer of Mary Todd Lincoln in "Oh, Mary!" |
| SARAHSNOOK | Actress who won a Tony for playing twenty-six roles in the 2025 Broadway production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" |
| EDDIEREDMAYNE | "The Theory of Everything" actor who was nominated for a 2024 Tony for playing the Emcee in "Cabaret": 2 wds. |
| UTA | She won a Tony for playing Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" |
| LEN | Cariou who won a Tony for playing Sweeney Todd |
| IDINA | Menzel who won a Tony for playing Elphaba in "Wicked" |
| MUELLER | Jessie who won a Tony for playing Carole King in "Beautiful" |
| ROLE | Mary Todd Lincoln, for Sally Field in 2012 |
| REGEJEANPAGE | For the People actor who costars as Simon Basset on Bridgerton: 2 wds. hyph. |
| ROGEN | Seth ___ Funny People actor who voices Donkey Kong in the 2023 film Super Mario Bros. Movie |
| GASLIGHT | 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton (who spent his final years on the North Norfolk coast) that was turned into the Broadway play Angel Street and a 1944 film starring Ingrid Bergman (3,5) |
| FAITHP | She won a Tony for playing Miss Adelaide in 'Guys and Dolls' |