| 100% | LOVE | 4 | "If music be the food of ___, play on," quote by Shakespeare |
| 70% | ORSINO | 6 | Speaker of Shakespeare's "If music be the food of love, play on" |
| 69% | ORSINO | 6 | "If music be the food of love, play on" speaker |
| 68% | IAMBS | 5 | Pentad in "If music be the food of love, play on" |
| 61% | MUSIC | 5 | "If ___ be the food of love, play on" (Shakespeare) |
| 61% | IAMB | 4 | One of five in “If music be the food of love, play on” |
| 57% | MUSIC | 5 | "If ___ be the food of love, play on": Shak. |
| 53% | PLAYON | 6 | "If music be the food of love, __", Twelfth Night |
| 52% | ORSINO | 6 | "If music be the food of love ..." speaker in "Twelfth Night" |
| 43% | SHREW | 5 | The Taming of the ___ (Shakespeare play that Kiss Me, Kate was based on) |
| 41% | PEET | 4 | Jules James, the owner of the Morristown Frackers on the comedy series "Brockmire", was played by Amanda ___ |
| 41% | VENICE | 6 | "The Merchant of ___," 1969 short film directed by Orson Welles based on Shakespeare's eponymous play |
| 40% | LAURAKEENE | 10 | Actress and manager whose company's performance of play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC was attended by Abraham Lincoln on the night of his assassination |
| 39% | RIKER | 5 | Will played by Jonathan Frakes on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” |
| 38% | GAD | 3 | Josh who plays Shakespeare on "History of the World, Part II" |
| 38% | KINGJOHN | 8 | The Life and Death of —, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 |
| 38% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Wife of Othello in the play of that name by William Shakespeare |
| 38% | ETHEL | 5 | Muggs who was played by Shannon Purser on The CW's "Riverdale" |
| 38% | PLATO | 5 | "Knowledge is the food of the soul" speaker |
| 37% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president played by Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" |
| 37% | KIM | 3 | First name of the lawyer played by Rhea Seehorn on "Better Call Saul" |
| 37% | DIANE | 5 | ___ Chambers, character on the TV show "Cheers" who was played by Shelley Long |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | ___ Malone, character on the TV show "Cheers" who was played by Ted Danson |
| 37% | BUDDY | 5 | ___ Hobbs, protagonist of the 2003 Christmas comedy film "Elf," played by Will Ferrell |
| 37% | PLATO | 5 | He wrote "Knowledge is the food of the soul" |
| 37% | MAC | 3 | The name of the character played by Rob McElhenney on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" |
| 37% | NIGHT | 5 | The ___ King, "Game of Thrones" character who was played by both Richard Brake and Vladimir Furdik |
| 37% | HAMLET | 6 | Play by William Shakespeare which features the line "This above all, to thine own self be true" |
| 37% | MICHAELDAWSON | 13 | The father who is trying to recover his son on "Lost," played by Harold Perrineau: 2 wds |
| 36% | XXXXXXXXXXXXX | 13 | Item on which the hand positions were traditionally taught by a pair of clock positions |