| JONATHANPRYCE | The Crown actor who plays Mike Evans in 3 Body Problem: 2 wds. |
| ROSALINDACHAO | The Joy Luck Club actress who plays Ye Wenjie in 3 Body Problem: 2 wds. |
| BENEDICTWONG | Doctor Strange actor who plays Clarence Da Shi in the Netflix sci-fi series 3 Body Problem: 2 wds. |
| MATTSMITH | The Crown actor who plays Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon: 2 wds. |
| JOHN | ___ Lithgow The Crown actor who plays E.B. Jonathan in HBO's Perry Mason |
| BENEDICT | With 26-Across, "Doctor Strange" actor who stars in "3 Body Problem" |
| JOSHOCONNOR | The Crown actor who won the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: 2 wds. |
| JOHNLITHGOW | The Crown actor who stars in The Old Man: 2 wds. |
| JONNYLEEMILLER | The Crown actor who played Sherlock Holmes on CBS's Elementary: 3 wds. |
| NEILLREA | Actor who plays Mike Shepherd on The Brokenwood Mysteries (5,3) |
| LIUCIXIN | Author who, in 2015, became the first Asian to win the Hugo Award for Best Novel, for "The Three-Body Problem" |
| HALL | Actor who plays Mike McCarthy in Westside, Will ... (4) |
| ANDY | ___ Moore, actor who plays Mike Swirling in Emmerdale (4) |
| MARCO | _ Grazzini, actor who plays Mike Valenzuela in Virgin River (5) |
| JOVAN | Saul Durand in Netflix series 3 Body Problem (5,5) |
| ADEPO | Saul Durand in Netflix series 3 Body Problem (5,5) |
| END | Death's ___, second sequel to The Three-Body Problem (3) |
| ETS | Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., for short |
| LIAM | "3 Body Problem" actor Cunningham |
| ISAAC | Newton who introduced the three-body problem |
