| 100% | HUMPTY | 6 | ___ Dumpty, popular nursery rhyme character who was a reformed antagonist in the "Shrek" universe |
| 45% | MICE | 4 | Three Blind ___, characters from a nursery rhyme who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 40% | HOOK | 4 | Captain ___, popular character from "Peter Pan" who was a villain in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 40% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Connor, character who is a sidekick to the Terminator in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" |
| 39% | DIDDY | 5 | ___ Kong, monkey character who is a sidekick to Donkey Kong in the video game franchise |
| 39% | IAGO | 4 | Character who is briefly turned into a roc in the 2019 movie "Aladdin" |
| 39% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 38% | SISTER | 6 | With 29-Across, Pam Ferris character who was a midwife and nun in Nonnatus House on "Call the Midwife" |
| 37% | KAREN | 5 | ___ Filippelli, recurring character who is a Dunder Mifflin employee in "The Office" |
| 37% | SIMPLESIMON | 11 | Nursery rhyme character who met a pieman |
| 36% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KAA | 3 | Python who is a secondary antagonist with Shere Khan in the Disney animated film "The Jungle Book" |
| 36% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 36% | REA | 3 | Actor Stephen who is portrayed as a character in the 2024 historical drama series “Say Nothing” |
| 36% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 35% | JACKSPRAT | 9 | Nursery rhyme character who's a perfect match for his wife |
| 35% | YUBA | 4 | Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song |
| 34% | ROY | 3 | ___ Anderson, recurring character who is a warehouse employee in "The Office" |
| 34% | SLAUGHTER | 9 | Sergeant who was a wrestler in the WWF |
| 34% | BIG | 3 | ___ Bad Wolf, popular villainous fairy tale character who was mild-mannered in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 34% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character in Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking-Glass |
| 33% | GRUNDY | 6 | Nursery rhyme Solomon, who was born on a Monday |
| 33% | GODOT | 5 | Beckett title character who is not in the cast |
| 33% | BURR | 4 | Vice president Aaron who is a character in "Hamilton" |
| 33% | HUMPTY | 6 | __ Dumpty, nursery rhyme character was broken |
| 33% | FROSTY | 6 | ___ the Snowman, popular Christmas character, who can be brought to life by a magical silk hat |
| 33% | NELSON | 6 | Judd who was a bad boy in The Breakfast Club |
| 33% | MEIR | 4 | Golda who was a prime minister in the early 1970s |
| 33% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Character who is lifting a car on the cover of "Action Comics" #1 |
| 33% | ERNEST | 6 | Novelist Hemingway, who was a main character in "Midnight in Paris" |