| 100% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | "Looney Tunes" cartoon hunter who calls 15-Across "wascally wabbit": 2 wds. |
| 55% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | Looney Tunes character who chases the "wabbit" 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | YOSEMITESAM | 11 | Looney Tunes character who chases the "varmint" 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | BUGSBUNNY | 9 | "Looney Tunes" cartoon rabbit who says "What's up, Doc?": 2 wds. |
| 42% | TWEETYPIE | 9 | "Looney Tunes" cartoon canary who says "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | PORKYPIG | 8 | Looney Tunes cartoon character famous for his signature line "Th-th-th-that's all folks": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MELBLANC | 8 | The voice of 15-Across and many other Looney Tunes characters: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Actor who portrayed 15-Across in the 2009 film "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BUGSBUNNY | 9 | Looney Tunes character pursued by 28-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SPIKELEE | 8 | Director who calls his films "joints": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ETHANCOEN | 9 | "Fargo" director who directed 15-Across without his brother Joel: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | Hunter who can't catch Bugs Bunny: 2 wds. |
| 33% | YOGIBERRA | 9 | Quotable Yankees catcher who caught 15-Across's perfect game: 2 wds. |
| 33% | IBET | 4 | "___ you can't guess who called me today!": 2 wds. |
| 32% | YOGIBEAR | 8 | Cartoon character who lives in Jellystone Park: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JASONROBARDS | 12 | Actor who played 15-Across in the 1967 film "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ELMER | 5 | Cartoon hunter who tries to take a vacation in "Wabbit Twouble" |
| 32% | THREESISTERS | 12 | Novel by 15-Across about siblings who survived Auschwitz (2 wds.) |
| 32% | YOSEMITESAM | 11 | "Looney Tunes" cowboy who sports a red mustache (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SUZANNESOMERS | 13 | 15-Across and "Step by Step" star who passed away in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | FUDD | 4 | "Looney Tunes" wabbit hunter Elmer ___ |
| 31% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | 15-Across and 31-Across novelist who turns 75 on June 21, 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | LENNOXLEWIS | 11 | London-born heavyweight champ who called himself "the pugilist specialist": 2 wds. |
| 30% | NEDFLANDERS | 11 | Mustachioed cartoon character who lives next door to Homer Simpson: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JONATHANGROFF | 13 | Actor who originated the role of 15-Across on Broadway (2 wds.) |
| 29% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | 15-Across and 44-Across singer-songwriter who was honored with a Gershwin Award in 2023 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LADYGAGA | 8 | 15-Across, 9-Down, and 22-Down singer who released the studio album "Mayhem" in 2025 (2 wds.) |
| 29% | PORKYPIG | 8 | Stuttering Looney Tunes cartoon character |
| 29% | PORKY | 5 | Pig in Looney Tunes cartoons |
| 29% | DAFFY | 5 | Duck in Looney Tunes cartoons |