| 100% | HARLEY | 6 | ___ Quinn, famous DC comic character who belongs to the trio "Gotham City Sirens" and is a very close friend of Poison Ivy |
| 29% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Character who is lifting a car on the cover of "Action Comics" #1 |
| 28% | WONDER | 6 | ___Woman, famous DC comic superheroine who is an ambassador of the Amazon People |
| 28% | WOMAN | 5 | Wonder ___, queer superhero from DC Comics who is a founding member of the Justice League |
| 27% | DEADMAN | 7 | A DC Comics superhero who is a disembodied spirit and is able to possess any living being |
| 27% | GARFIELD | 8 | Fictional lasagna-loving cat who is the title character of a comic strip |
| 27% | JUSTSAYNOME | 11 | Poor prompt to a friend who's been asked what the capital of Alaska is? |
| 26% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 26% | KENNYLOGGINS | 12 | "We Are the World" singer who was half of a famous duo (oh, and one more thing...) |
| 26% | MAGNETO | 7 | Marvel comics villain who is a powerful mutant and an adversary of the X-Men |
| 26% | MARIA | 5 | ___ Mitchell, astronomer who was the first female professor of astronomy and the first American to discover a comet |
| 26% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 25% | MATTDRUDGE | 10 | Personality who created a famous report and who Tucker Carlson recently said was "firmly a man of the progressive left" |
| 25% | PENGUIN | 7 | "Gentleman of Crime" who is a Gotham City mobster and is an adversary of Batman |
| 25% | ERIC | 4 | ___ Clapton who is a three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 25% | ARES | 4 | Marvel Comics character who is the god of war in Greek mythology |
| 25% | NAT | 3 | I played jazz and was a part of the King Cole Trio |
| 25% | HERCULEPOIROT | 13 | Fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie who is also one of the most famous and long-running characters: 2 wds. |
| 25% | SAM | 3 | Tolkien character who is a friend to Frodo |
| 25% | LINUS | 5 | Comics character who said "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life" |
| 25% | LETO | 4 | Jared ___, I'm the frontman of 30 Seconds to Mars and a film star born the day after Christmas. Who am I? |
| 25% | BEAUTY | 6 | Belle is a main character of __ and the Beast |
| 25% | ALICE | 5 | Children's character who asks herself "And what is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" |
| 25% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 25% | POGO | 4 | Old comics character who said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." |
| 25% | ANUBIS | 6 | Jackal-headed Marvel Comics character who is the god of death from Egyptian mythology |
| 25% | TOLIVEANDDIEINLA | 16 | 1985 thriller with the tagline "A federal agent is dead. A killer is loose. And the City of Angels is about to explode." |
| 25% | PSI | 3 | DC Comics character whose real name is Gayle Marsh and who can trigger incapacitating fear in people |
| 24% | PRESLEY | 7 | Elvis ___, a singer who is often referred to as "The King of Rock and Roll" |
| 24% | PATCHADAMS | 10 | Doctor who said of Robin Williams, "he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job." |