| 100% | AIMWELL | 7 | 1785 Derby winner named after a penniless rake in 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar |
| 43% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |
| 34% | FARQUHAR | 8 | George —, author of 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem |
| 27% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |
| 26% | WEDNESDAY | 9 | ___ Addams, character named after the day following Tuesday and played by Jenna Ortega who has a perfect poker face |
| 26% | HANNIBAL | 8 | Horror thriller TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic psychiatrist and cannibal played by Mads Mikkelsen |
| 26% | BARRY | 5 | Comedy crime drama TV series named after the protagonist who is a Marine-turned-hitman played by Bill Hader |
| 24% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy SUV named after a lake in the Sierra Nevada |
| 24% | DAMASK | 6 | Table linen named after a place in the Middle East |
| 24% | MAISEL | 6 | "The Marvelous Mrs. ___," TV series named after the protagonist who is a stand-up comedian played by Rachel Brosnahan |
| 24% | AUTOLYCUS | 9 | Petty thief in William Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale named after a grandfather of Odysseus in Greek mythology |
| 24% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 24% | STURM | 5 | ___ und Drang (artistic period named after a play by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger) |
| 24% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 24% | PEACH | 5 | Princess named after a fruit, in the Super Mario Bros. franchise |
| 23% | PEPPARD | 7 | George, played Hannibal Smith in The A Team |
| 23% | CAPTAIN | 7 | & 15A 1922 Derby-winning horse named after a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens |
| 23% | EVEL | 4 | First name of the role George Hamilton played in a 1971 movie where he stated "I am the last gladiator in the new Rome" |
| 23% | THEROVER | 8 | Stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers premiered in 1677 |
| 23% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine |
| 23% | CANDIDA | 7 | Comedy play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1894 that revolves around the lives of a clergyman and his wife |
| 23% | OURTOWN | 7 | Play in which the Stage Manager is a character |
| 23% | BOSC | 4 | Pear named after a professor of the Paris Jardin des plantes in the early 19th century |
| 23% | ALASKA | 6 | Baked ___, dessert containing ice cream and cake named after a state in the western United States |
| 23% | MAGNIFICENCE | 12 | Stage play by Howard Brenton first produced at the Royal Court, London, in 1973 |
| 23% | RAISIN | 6 | A __ in the Sun, 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry |
| 23% | RIO | 3 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Brazilian city and is played by Miguel Herran |
| 23% | BERLIN | 6 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a German city and is played by Pedro Alonso |
| 23% | NAIROBI | 7 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Kenyan city and is played by Alba Flores |