| 100% | HUBRIS | 6 | A flawed character's excessive self-pride |
| 45% | VANITY | 6 | Self-admiration, excessive pride |
| 43% | HAMARTIA | 8 | A flaw in a character that proves their downfall |
| 43% | HUBRIS | 6 | Excessive pride or self-confidence |
| 43% | VAINGLORY | 9 | Excessive self-pride |
| 42% | CHIP | 4 | Lead character who's a self-help guru in Netflix's "Flaked" |
| 42% | ONO | 3 | Yoko who voiced a self-named character in 2018's "Isle of Dogs" |
| 41% | DYSLEXIA | 8 | Source of a character flaw? |
| 40% | DIGNITY | 7 | Self-respect; a sense of pride in oneself |
| 40% | OWNSIT | 6 | Accepts a perceived flaw with pride |
| 39% | NOSOUPFORYOU | 12 | Classic catchphrase from a lunch counter character on 29-Across's self-titled show: 4 wds. |
| 39% | WEAKNESS | 8 | Fatal flaw in a character, like Achilles' heel |
| 37% | ROLE | 4 | Character's part in a play |
| 37% | NALA | 4 | Character who throws the hyena Shenzi off Pride Rock, in a 2019 film |
| 36% | ATECROW | 7 | Suffered a blow to one's pride |
| 36% | EGO | 3 | It's a matter of personal pride |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | Character's journey, in a TV show |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | Character's storyline, in a TV show |
| 36% | ARC | 3 | Character's evolution in a book, say |
| 35% | MRBILL | 6 | Clay character on S.N.L. with a girlfriend named Miss Sally |
| 35% | VANITY | 6 | Excessive pride in one's appearance |
| 35% | EGOISM | 6 | Excessive concern of one's self |
| 35% | AWARE | 5 | Self-___ (conscious of one's character) |
| 34% | AWARE | 5 | Self ___ (conscious of one's own character) |
| 34% | AWARE | 5 | Self-___ (conscious of one's own character) |
| 34% | MONOCOQUE | 9 | A plane's self-supporting outer shell |
| 34% | GOMER | 5 | Character in a 60's TV spinoff |
| 34% | NOSAINT | 7 | A flawed person |
| 34% | EGO | 3 | Excessive self-worth |
| 34% | HUBRIS | 6 | Excessive self-confidence |