| 100% | SWAN | 4 | "I will play the ___, and die in music": Emilia |
| 59% | PINK | 4 | I was a member of the girl group "Choice" before going solo and I played Dede in "Thanks for Sharing" |
| 56% | AMY | 3 | I shared my name with the character I played in "Her" and I've been nominated for the Oscars six times |
| 53% | YUL | 3 | Brynner who played the king in "The King and I" |
| 52% | YUL | 3 | Actor Brynner who played the King in "The King and I" |
| 52% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd drop by" |
| 52% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd say hi" |
| 52% | BENJONSON | 9 | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 51% | JONSON | 6 | Ben —, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 |
| 51% | KERR | 4 | Deborah who played Anna in The King and I |
| 51% | KERR | 4 | Actress Deborah, played Anna in The King and I |
| 50% | IAMBS | 5 | Pentad in "If music be the food of love, play on" |
| 50% | SLUR | 4 | In music, a curved line indicating that the notes in its limits be played smoothly, as one phrase |
| 50% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 49% | NAT | 3 | I played jazz and was a part of the King Cole Trio |
| 49% | ANNA | 4 | She was the "I" in "The King and I" |
| 49% | SKA | 3 | Music genre that "Sir Coxsone" Dodd was instrumental in launching in the '50s and '60s |
| 49% | MILAN | 5 | I'm a city in Italy and my nickname is "Fashion Capital of the World" |
| 49% | IAMB | 4 | One of five in “If music be the food of love, play on” |
| 49% | NERO | 4 | His dying words were "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 48% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 48% | MIAWASIKOWSKA | 13 | Actress who played the daughter of 14- and 32-Across in "The Kids Are All Right": 2 wds. |
| 48% | KAL | 3 | I played Kumar in "Harold and Kumar" and I have also worked at the White House |
| 48% | EAST | 4 | "My heart is in the ___, and I in the uttermost west" |
| 48% | CERSEI | 6 | I am Jaime's twin sister and two of my children have sat on the Iron Throne in "Game of Thrones" |
| 47% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 47% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who said before dying, "What an artist the world is losing in me!" |
| 47% | PSALMS | 6 | Whence the phrase "I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep" |
| 47% | FRANCES | 7 | I was the former president of the NRDC and won the Rachel Carson Award in 2007 for my work as an environmentalist |