| 100% | WHITERABBIT | 11 | “Alice in Wonderland” character who’s late for a very important date |
| 41% | MADHATTER | 9 | Alice in Wonderland character |
| 41% | MARCH | 5 | ___ Hare, character whom Alice encounters during a tea party in 17a |
| 40% | PLUTO | 5 | Disney character who may have been named in 1931 for a newly discovered planet |
| 39% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 39% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 38% | MOCK | 4 | ___ Turtle, character named after a Victorian dish whom Alice encounters in 17a |
| 38% | TOAD | 4 | Kid-lit character who tells his ailing friend, "Today you look very green, even for a frog" |
| 38% | SHEEN | 5 | Mr. ___, animated mascot for a cleaning brand of the same name who debuted in the late '50s |
| 38% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 38% | JACKSPRAT | 9 | Nursery rhyme character who's a perfect match for his wife |
| 38% | BESS | 4 | Opera title character who's initially in a relationship with Crown |
| 37% | ANANG | 5 | Character who’s told “hear my words” in a They Might Be Giants song |
| 37% | CHIP | 4 | Lead character who's a self-help guru in Netflix's "Flaked" |
| 37% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who becomes trapped in a dentist's office |
| 37% | IMPORTANT | 9 | "I'm late! I'm late! For a very __ date!" |
| 37% | SOFA | 4 | Possible sleeping spot for a partner who's in the doghouse |
| 37% | NED | 3 | Leeds who's a character in "Spider-Man" movies |
| 37% | AARON | 5 | Politician Burr who's a major character in "Hamilton" |
| 37% | LOCUM | 5 | A doctor who fills in for another's absence |
| 37% | FEZZIWIG | 8 | Mr —, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice |
| 36% | ARI | 3 | Onassis who's a character in the 2024 biopic "Maria" |
| 36% | EXEC | 4 | Person who's high up in a company, for short |
| 36% | TIFFANYHADDISH | 14 | "The Last O.G." actress who won a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VALET | 5 | One working for a fancy restaurant who's almost never in the restaurant |
| 36% | LOLA | 4 | Song character who's met "in a club down in old Soho" |
| 36% | MACBETH | 7 | Scottish king who's the title character in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 36% | ELLIE | 5 | Teenage girl who's a hero in "The Last of Us" |
| 36% | QUASIMODO | 9 | Victor Hugo's character who lives in a church |
| 36% | GHOST | 5 | ___ Rider, Latin American Marvel superhero who is a character in "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." |