| 100% | COL | 3 | ___ Mustard (Clue character) |
| 94% | COL | 3 | ___ Mustard (Clue character): Abbr. |
| 86% | COLONEL | 7 | ___ Mustard (character in the game Clue) |
| 79% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | Clue character with a bow tie |
| 76% | MRS | 3 | Title for two Clue characters |
| 76% | MRGREEN | 7 | Character in Clue |
| 73% | COLONEL | 7 | Mustard's rank, in Clue |
| 70% | SUSPECT | 7 | Any character in Clue |
| 70% | MRS | 3 | ___ Peacock, character in Clue |
| 68% | ONE | 3 | First character in this clue |
| 67% | COL | 3 | Mustard in the game Clue, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 67% | SCARLET | 7 | Character with the red piece in Clue, Miss __ |
| 67% | AMY | 3 | Character in "Little Women" or "The 39 Clues" |
| 66% | MUSTARD | 7 | Colonel __, military character from Clue game |
| 66% | MUSTARD | 7 | Colonel character in the game Clue |
| 65% | COL | 3 | Mustard's military rank, in the game Clue: Abbr. |
| 65% | COLONELMUSTARD | 14 | Yellow character in the game of Clue |
| 65% | SUSPECT | 7 | Any character with a token in Clue |
| 65% | MUSTARD | 7 | Yellow-themed character in Clue game, Colonel __ |
| 65% | ELI | 3 | "Love Live!" character hidden in this clue |
| 63% | MRS | 3 | ___ Peacock (Clue character) |
| 63% | MRS | 3 | ___ White (Clue character) |
| 61% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | Academic character from the board game Clue: 2 wds. |
| 61% | YODA | 4 | "Star Wars" character who could this clue have written? |
| 52% | SCARLET | 7 | Miss ___ (Clue character in a red dress) |
| 51% | ELIZA | 5 | With 78-Down, character commemorated in the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | HERO | 4 | Character with character |
| 51% | EMOJI | 5 | Character with character |
| 51% | OCAPTAINMYCAPTAIN | 17 | 1865 classic not written for the characters that start the answers to starred clues |
| 49% | MRS | 3 | ___ White (character in the game Clue) |