| 100% | ADAM | 4 | 50-Across character who got shot by Vince |
| 41% | KATIE | 5 | 50-Across character who heads the school paper |
| 41% | DREW | 4 | 50-Across character who's engaged to Bianca |
| 41% | DAVETURNER | 10 | 50-Across character who loves basketball: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CLARE | 5 | 50-Across character who writes for the school paper |
| 39% | ALLI | 4 | 50-Across character who gambled her scholarship in a poker game |
| 38% | XENA | 4 | "Hercules" character who got her own show |
| 37% | RHODA | 5 | Sitcom character who got married on 10/28/74 |
| 37% | STELLA | 6 | Angela Bassett's character who got her groove back |
| 36% | MOE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who gets frequent prank calls from Bart |
| 36% | FINNHUDSON | 10 | "Glee" character who was portrayed by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MORK | 4 | Sitcom character who curses by shouting "Shazbot!" |
| 35% | PETERRABBIT | 11 | Character created by 48-Across who often raids Mr. McGregor's garden (2 wds.) |
| 34% | PORKYPIG | 8 | Character who debuted in "I Haven't Got a Hat," 1935 |
| 34% | CRISTINAYANG | 12 | 14-Across character played by Sandra Oh, who left the show after 10 seasons: 2 wds. |
| 34% | POLLSTER | 8 | One who gets numbers by calling numbers |
| 33% | ELSA | 4 | ''Frozen'' character voiced by 46 Across |
| 33% | ULLA | 4 | "The Producers" character who sings "When You Got It, Flaunt It" |
| 33% | ARIEL | 5 | Animated character who sings "You want thingamabobs? I've got 20!" |
| 33% | DALE | 4 | Character who was played by Jeffrey DeMunn on "The Walking Dead" |
| 33% | ULEE | 4 | Peter Fonda's title character who is a beekeeper by profession |
| 33% | ELAINEBENES | 11 | Character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in "Seinfeld", who is an ex-girlfriend of 32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 32% | ORR | 3 | "Catch-22" character who "hasn't got brains enough to be unhappy" |
| 32% | CHACHI | 6 | Scott Baio's Happy Days character who famously was loved by Joanie |
| 32% | APU | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who will no longer be voiced by Hank Azaria |
| 32% | BENJAMINBUNNY | 13 | Character created by 48-Across who helps 30-Across retrieve his clothes from Mr. McGregor's garden (2 wds.) |
| 32% | IMANAGE | 7 | Comment from one who's just getting by |
| 32% | UHURA | 5 | "Star Trek" character who's been played by Nichelle Nichols and Zoe Saldana |
| 32% | DRUMMLE | 7 | Bentley —, character who marries Estella in 1861 novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |