| 100% | IDLEST | 6 | "Or ___ froth amid the boundless main": Emily Brontë |
| 35% | HERO | 4 | The main character or protagonist in a novel |
| 35% | BACKROADS | 9 | Not the highways or main thoroughfares |
| 30% | UNTO | 4 | “The Soul ___ itself / Is an imperial friend— / Or the most agonizing spy—”: Emily Dickinson |
| 30% | SHERLOCK | 8 | BBC One detective drama (2010-present), or the main character's first name |
| 30% | ALONE | 5 | Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe |
| 30% | DIERESIS | 8 | The two dots in “naïve” or “Brontë” |
| 30% | NIKITA | 6 | The CW drama about a female spy (2010-2013), or the main character's first name |
| 29% | LOUIE | 5 | FX dramedy about a comedian (2010-present), or the main character's first name |
| 29% | DEXTER | 6 | Showtime drama about a serial killer (2006-2013), or the main character's first name |
| 29% | HANNIBAL | 8 | NBC thriller about a serial killer (2013-present), or the main character's first name |
| 28% | WHATITSALLABOUT | 15 | The main takeaway … or, when considered in three different senses, a description of 20-, 33- and 41-Across |
| 28% | OVERANDOVER | 11 | Repeatedly, or what can come before the main components of 17-, 30-, 39-, or 46-Across |
| 28% | HEIGHTS | 7 | "Wuthering ___," book by Emily Bronte which features the line "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" |
| 28% | DEVOTION | 8 | 1946 biopic starring Ida Lupino as Emily Bronte |
| 27% | CHUCK | 5 | NBC comedy about a tech-nerd turned spy (2007-2012), or the main character's first name |
| 27% | EYRE | 4 | "Jane ___," by Emily Bronte |
| 27% | OCEAN | 5 | The main |
| 27% | WUTHERING | 9 | Emily Bronte's only published novel: __ Heights |
| 27% | WUTHERING | 9 | Novel by Emily Bronte: "__ Heights" |
| 26% | POST | 4 | Emily or Wiley |
| 26% | BRONTE | 6 | Emily or Charlotte |
| 26% | POST | 4 | Emily or Markie |
| 26% | MAST | 4 | Main or mizzen |
| 26% | OCEAN | 5 | The bounding main |
| 26% | AORTA | 5 | The main artery |
| 26% | PIRATESHIP | 10 | The main antagonist? |
| 26% | KIM | 3 | The main Kardashian |
| 26% | VICTORIAN | 9 | Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens wrote in this era |
| 26% | ALIEN | 5 | ".... in tears amid the_____ corn": Keats |