| 100% | SONIC | 5 | ___ the Hedgehog (video game franchise by Sega) |
| 69% | SONIC | 5 | ___ the Hedgehog (Sega video game franchise) |
| 67% | SONIC | 5 | ___ the Hedgehog (video game franchise) |
| 63% | SEGA | 4 | Video game company that produced the Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Monkey Ball franchises |
| 61% | SEGA | 4 | Sonic the Hedgehog video game company |
| 60% | SEGA | 4 | Maker of Sonic the Hedgehog video games |
| 59% | SONIC | 5 | ___ the Hedgehog, video game character |
| 58% | HALO | 4 | Video game franchise set in the 26th century |
| 58% | MYST | 4 | Video game franchise with the main character Atrus |
| 58% | THESIMS | 7 | Video game franchise with the cheat code "rosebud" |
| 58% | SEGA | 4 | "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game company |
| 58% | SEGA | 4 | "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game producer |
| 57% | ANGRYBIRDS | 10 | Video game franchise in which the enemies are pigs |
| 56% | SUPERMARIO | 10 | Video game franchise set in the Mushroom Kingdom (2 wds.) |
| 56% | SONIC | 5 | ___ the hedgehog of Sega games |
| 56% | NEED | 4 | ___ for Speed, title of an action racing video game franchise by Electronic Arts |
| 55% | NPC | 3 | Video game character controlled by the game |
| 55% | SEGA | 4 | Video game company that created Sonic the Hedgehog |
| 54% | HALO | 4 | Multi-billion-dollar science-fiction video game franchise for the Xbox |
| 54% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog voiced by Ben Schwartz in films |
| 54% | SEGA | 4 | Video game company with the Super Monkey Ball franchise |
| 54% | SEGA | 4 | Sonic the Hedgehog's video game company |
| 54% | SAMUS | 5 | Heroine of the Metroid video game franchise |
| 53% | SONIC | 5 | "___ the Hedgehog" (video game series) |
| 52% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog voiced by Ben Schwartz in a feature film |
| 52% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 52% | ANCIENT | 7 | Devs behind Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega Game Gear |
| 52% | SEGA | 4 | Video game company with the After Burner and Virtua Fighter franchises |
| 52% | MADDENNFL | 9 | Video game franchise that featured 15-Across on the cover of the 2011 version: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MARIOBROS | 9 | Video game franchise with characters found at the ends of 17-, 20-, 53- and 58-Across |