| 100% | HATHAWAY | 8 | Anne —, wife of William Shakespeare who died in 1623 |
| 49% | BYRD | 4 | William —, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sundrie Natures |
| 49% | EMILIA | 6 | Wife of Iago in William Shakespeare play Othello |
| 47% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Wife of Othello in the play of that name by William Shakespeare |
| 46% | ADRIANA | 7 | Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors |
| 46% | ADRIANA | 7 | Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in the William Shakespeare play The Comedy of Errors |
| 42% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Sister of Augustus and fourth wife of Mark Antony who died in 11 BC |
| 42% | FALSTAFF | 8 | Sir John —, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 |
| 41% | DOCTORCAIUS | 11 | French physician in William Shakespeare stage comedy The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Slave who dies in the Temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | AIDA | 4 | Princess who dies in the temple of Vulcan |
| 41% | YODA | 4 | Guru who dies in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 40% | BLIGH | 5 | William —, commander of the HMS Bounty who died in 1817 |
| 39% | REGAN | 5 | Wife of the Duke of Cornwall, in Shakespeare |
| 39% | ALIBONGO | 8 | Stage name of magician William Oliver Wallace who died in 2009 |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Actor Wallach who died in 2014 at the age of 98 |
| 39% | ASTOR | 5 | John Jacob ___ IV (millionaire who died in the sinking of the Titanic) |
| 39% | ELDER | 5 | Pliny the ___ (Roman naturalist who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius) |
| 39% | LEAR | 4 | TV producer Norman who died in December at the age of 101 |
| 38% | ANNEHATHAWAY | 12 | Wife of Shakespeare who shares her name with an actor |
| 38% | DODIFAYED | 9 | Boyfriend of Princess Diana who died in Paris |
| 37% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall |
| 37% | SHAND | 5 | Bruce —, British Army officer who died in 2006; father of Camilla, the Queen Consort |
| 37% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 37% | ADRIANA | 7 | Wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors |
| 37% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | William who was made Duke of __ in 2011 |
| 37% | DEREKSHEPHERD | 13 | Patrick Dempsey character who died in last Thursday's episode of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OATES | 5 | Lawrence —, explorer who died in 1912 on the second Antarctic expedition of R F Scott |
| 37% | ASYOULIKEIT | 11 | William Shakespeare play first published in 1623 featuring the characters Celia and Rosalind |