| 100% | BRISCOEDARLING | 14 | "The Andy Griffith Show" role for 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 64% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" role for Ronny Howard |
| 62% | UNCLEJESSE | 10 | "The Dukes of Hazzard" role for 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" role |
| 53% | AUNTBEE | 7 | "The Andy Griffith Show" character who took care of Opie Taylor (2 wds.) |
| 52% | FOXMULDER | 9 | "The X-Files" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HANKMOODY | 9 | "Californication" role for 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | EDITHBUNKER | 11 | "All in the Family" role for 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SHELDONCOOPER | 13 | Emmy-winning role for 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DONKNOTTS | 9 | He played Andy Taylor's deputy Barney on "The Andy Griffith Show": 2 wds. |
| 45% | FRANCESBAVIER | 13 | She played Andy Taylor's Aunt Bee on "The Andy Griffith Show": 2 wds. |
| 45% | RONHOWARD | 9 | He played Andy Taylor's son Opie on "The Andy Griffith Show": 2 wds. |
| 45% | SOOKIESTJAMES | 13 | "Gilmore Girls" role for Melissa McCarthy that will be reprised in the show's 2016 revival on Netflix: 3 wds. |
| 45% | GOMERPYLEUSMC | 13 | Sitcom set at a military base that was a spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" nephew of 36-Across |
| 44% | RON | 3 | Actor Howard known for his role as Opie in "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 44% | VIOLETPARR | 10 | "Colorful" voice role for Sarah Vowell in the "Incredibles" films (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ROSENYLUND | 10 | Emmy-winning "The Golden Girls" role for 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | EARLE | 5 | He wrote The Andy Griffith Show theme (and did the whistling himself), ___ Hagen |
| 43% | WINNIECOOPER | 12 | 16-Across role for 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" boy |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" tyke |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" kid |
| 43% | MAYBERRY | 8 | "The Andy Griffith Show" town |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" son |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" youngster |
| 43% | OPIE | 4 | “The Andy Griffith Show” boy |
| 42% | OPIE | 4 | Ron Howard's role on "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 42% | PRINCEHAMLET | 12 | Shakespearean Tony-winning stage role for 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MATLOCK | 7 | TV role for Andy Griffith or Kathy Bates |