| 100% | HAIR | 4 | ___ toffee, candy from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which is in the inventing room |
| 50% | MINT | 4 | ___ Jujubes, candies from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that gave the boy next door green teeth for a month |
| 48% | PILLOW | 6 | Eatable Marshmallow ___, confection in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" which can support your head while sleeping |
| 48% | MIKETEAVEE | 10 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is miniaturized in a broadcasting accident: 2 wds. |
| 47% | GOLDEN | 6 | ___ ticket, allusion meaning "a golden opportunity" that can be seen in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 46% | VERUCASALT | 10 | Child in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who is thrown down a garbage chute by squirrels: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JELLY | 5 | ___ Beanstalk candy, Mr. Wonka's invention in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that can make Wonka bots into vineballs |
| 45% | WILLY | 5 | & 8A Character played by Johnny Depp in 2005 family film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 44% | HIGHMORE | 8 | Freddie —, actor who played the title role in 2005 family film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 44% | KELLY | 5 | David —, Irish actor who played Grandpa Joe in 2005 family film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 44% | SALT | 4 | Veruca —, winner of one of five Golden Tickets in 1964 Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 44% | WONKA | 5 | Depp in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 43% | WONKA | 5 | Eccentric inventor in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 43% | VERUCASALT | 10 | *Bratty girl in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 43% | VIOLET | 6 | Gum-chewing girl in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 42% | LOOMPA | 6 | Start for a "land" in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 42% | SUGAR | 5 | ___ Balloons, sweet edibles from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that can blow up to huge sizes |
| 41% | AUGUSTUSGLOOP | 13 | Child in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" who falls in a chocolate river: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 41% | GERMANY | 7 | Country in which the automobile, aspirin and the accordion were invented |
| 41% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 41% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 41% | WILLY | 5 | With 34-Across, colorful character in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 41% | WILLY | 5 | With 33-Across, candymaker played by Johnny Depp in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 41% | RATEDPG | 7 | Like Wonka or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 40% | WILLY | 5 | ___ Wonka, eccentric chocolatier from Roald Dahl's children's novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 40% | INACROWN | 8 | "You Should See Me ___," Billie Eilish song released in 2018 and the title of which was inspired by a scene from "Sherlock": 3 wds. |
| 39% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 39% | DAHL | 4 | Roald —, author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 38% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |