| 100% | JOHN | 4 | & 7D Biblical character beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome |
| 35% | DOESFOR | 7 | Completes at the request of |
| 34% | PICKSADOOR | 10 | Chooses at the request of Monty Hall, say |
| 33% | PALEBLUEDOT | 11 | *Iconic photograph taken by Voyager 1 at the request of Carl Sagan |
| 31% | KAY | 3 | Character at the center of "Dunkirk"? |
| 31% | JOSEPH | 6 | Biblical character; husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus |
| 31% | TOGOBOX | 7 | Request at the end of a meal |
| 30% | ILSA | 4 | Requester of “As Time Goes By” at Rick’s Café |
| 30% | DOGGYBAG | 8 | Request at the end of a meal, maybe |
| 30% | CHECK | 5 | Request at the end of a restaurant meal |
| 30% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | Hidden by leprechauns at the end of a rainbow |
| 29% | DOROTHY | 7 | "___ at Forty," song by Cursive based on a famous literary character from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" |
| 28% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | Disney character hinted at by the circled letters |
| 28% | FRODO | 5 | Character played by Elijah Wood in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 28% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character who dies at the end of "Little Women" |
| 28% | GALADRIEL | 9 | Character played by Cate Blanchett in the “Lord of the Rings” films |
| 28% | END | 3 | “The Monster at the ___ of This Book” (suspenseful story narrated by Grover) |
| 28% | INNOCENCEOF | 11 | & 7D The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton |
| 28% | PIES | 4 | Pastries baked by the main character of the musical "Waitress" |
| 28% | ARTOODETOO | 10 | Character seen at the beginning and end of "Star Wars" |
| 27% | SOLANGE | 7 | Her "A Seat at the Table" was named the best album of 2016 by Pitchfork |
| 27% | WILMA | 5 | Name yelled by Fred at the end of "The Flintstones" closing theme song |
| 27% | CAST | 4 | List at the end of a film, that's sometimes ordered by appearance |
| 27% | THEBRIDEOF | 10 | & 7D 1819 novel by Walter Scott featuring the character Sir William Ashton |
| 27% | EGON | 4 | Character who dies at the beginning of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (spoiler alert) |
| 27% | TOWEROFBABEL | 12 | The —, Biblical structure; subject of paintings by 16th-century artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
| 27% | LUKE | 4 | Character met by Rey in the final scene of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 27% | STARRCARTER | 11 | Character played by Amandla Stenberg in the movie adaptation of 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | ELSA | 4 | Character voiced by Idina Menzel in "Frozen 2," one of the biggest hits of 2019 |