| 100% | MACBETH | 7 | "The Tragedy of ___" tragedy by Shakespeare about a Scottish general seeking the throne |
| 48% | BANQUO | 6 | Scottish general whose ghost haunts Macbeth in the William Shakespeare tragedy of that name |
| 45% | CORIOLANUS | 10 | Shakespeare tragedy about a Roman general |
| 43% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare tragedy of a Venetian army general |
| 43% | HAMLET | 6 | Shakespeare tragedy about the Prince of Denmark |
| 42% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare's tragedy about the king of Scotland |
| 41% | ROMEO | 5 | Teenage boy in the title of a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 41% | BYEBYEBYE | 9 | *Hit by *NSYNC about the end of a relationship |
| 41% | MOOR | 4 | "The Tragedy of Othello, the ___ of Venice" (full title of a Shakespeare play) |
| 40% | OTHELLO | 7 | Moorish general in a Shakespearean tragedy by the same name |
| 40% | BAGPIPEDREAMS | 13 | Fantasies about being the best player of a Scottish instrument? |
| 40% | HOME | 4 | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| 39% | THEPILOTSWIFE | 13 | Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.) |
| 39% | MACBETH | 7 | Scottish king who's the title character in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 39% | THEACCOUNTANT | 13 | 2016 thriller about a man hunted by the Treasury Department for sanitizing the financial records of criminal organizations |
| 39% | TIGEREYES | 9 | Young adult novel by 38-Across about a girl coping with the death of her father (2 wds.) |
| 39% | WICKED | 6 | Broadway musical about the witches of Oz based on a novel by Gregory Maguire |
| 38% | FALLINGMAN | 10 | 2007 book by 44-Across about a survivor of the 9/11 attacks: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NEUTRALTONES | 12 | 1867 melancholic poem written by Thomas Hardy about the end of a relationship: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ERG | 3 | Unit Wikipedia defines as about the amount of work of a push-up by a housefly |
| 38% | DUMMY | 5 | "Night of the Living ___," 1993 "Goosebumps" book by R.L. Stine about a ventriloquist's puppet |
| 37% | ALN | 3 | English river mentioned by Ptolemy and the site of a still-occupied castle dating from about 1096 |
| 37% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to Wrexham" (FX documentary series about the purchase of a U.K. football club by American actors) |
| 37% | MOOR | 4 | "The Tragedy of Othello, ___ of Venice" (full title of a Shakespeare play) |
| 37% | NIGHTSHADE | 10 | Song by 28-Across that was a single on the "Game of Thrones" promotional album "For the Throne" |
| 37% | SIMON | 5 | "___ vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda," 2015 novel by Becky Albertalli about the struggles of a high school boy |
| 37% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 37% | THUMBELINA | 10 | 1994 animated fantasy film about a tiny girl that features the Prince of Fairies voiced by Gary Imhoff |
| 37% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare's play about a Scottish king |
| 37% | MASK | 4 | "The ___ of Zorro," 1998 Antonio Banderas movie about a mysterious hero seeking justice in California |