| 100% | HAPPYDAYS | 9 | 1961 stage play by Samuel Beckett whose characters are Winnie and Willie |
| 41% | THECONSTANT | 11 | 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Constance Middleton |
| 40% | ENDGAME | 7 | 1957 stage play by Samuel Beckett |
| 38% | BUSSYDAMBOIS | 12 | Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16th-century French nobleman |
| 34% | ARMSAND | 7 | 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff |
| 34% | ARMS | 4 | & 5D 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff |
| 34% | STEEL | 5 | & 24A 1987 stage play by Robert Harling featuring the characters Truvy, Claire and Shelby |
| 33% | ASLIGHTACHE | 11 | One-act play by Harold Pinter first staged and published in 1961 |
| 32% | ANDORRA | 7 | 1961 stage play by Max Frisch |
| 31% | KNACK | 5 | The —, 1961 stage play by Ann Jellicoe |
| 31% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 30% | GARY | 4 | Character on "Cheers" who owned a rival bar and was played interchangeably by Joel Polis and Robert Desiderio |
| 29% | PLAY | 4 | Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 |
| 29% | PRAVDA | 6 | 1985 stage play by Howard Brenton and David Hare |
| 29% | FROUFROU | 8 | 1869 stage play by Ludovic Halevy and Henri Meilhac |
| 29% | MOSCOWGOLD | 10 | 1990 stage play by Howard Brenton and Tariq Ali |
| 29% | WAITINGFORGODOT | 15 | Samuel Beckett play with an unseen character |
| 29% | FRANFINE | 8 | Title character of 15-Across, whose first name is shared by actress Drescher who plays her: 2 wds. |
| 29% | EHJOE | 5 | 1966 BBC TV play by Samuel Beckett starring Jack MacGowran in the title role |
| 28% | RHINOCEROS | 10 | 1959 stage play by Eugene Ionesco featuring the character Berenger |
| 28% | BENJI | 5 | 1974 family film whose title character was played by Higgins |
| 28% | GODOT | 5 | Waiting for __, Samuel Beckett stage play |
| 28% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 28% | GASLIGHT | 8 | 1938 stage play by Patrick Hamilton filmed in 1940 and 1944 |
| 28% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | The —, 1610 stage play by Ben Jonson featuring the character Dol Common |