| 100% | TORI | 4 | Character in "Victorious" whose name appears in the title |
| 67% | OSLO | 4 | Norway city whose name appears in the center of "Czechoslovakia" |
| 66% | DARCY | 5 | Character whose first name, Fitzwilliam, is used only twice in the classic novel in which he appears |
| 59% | HAN | 3 | First name of the title character in "Solo" |
| 59% | WADE | 4 | — Wilson, whose alter ego is the title character in 2018’s “Deadpool 2” |
| 58% | JAY | 3 | First name of the title character in "The Great Gatsby" |
| 57% | BABY | 4 | Justin Bieber hit whose title appears 56 times in the lyrics |
| 57% | FITZGERALD | 10 | Vocalist known for the 1944 song whose title (and first line) appears in the circled squares |
| 57% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Disney character whose balloon first appeared in the 1934 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 57% | TIMON | 5 | Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film |
| 57% | ARIEL | 5 | Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play |
| 56% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | The name is in the title |
| 56% | PENNY | 5 | The only major character in "The Big Bang Theory" whose last name was never revealed |
| 56% | ARLISS | 6 | HBO title agent whose name includes dollar signs in the show's logo |
| 56% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine |
| 55% | HARPO | 5 | "The Color Purple" character whose name spelled backward is an actress in the same movie |
| 55% | ERAGON | 6 | Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides |
| 55% | CONGO | 5 | River in Africa whose name appears in two African countries |
| 55% | BLACK | 5 | ___ Widow, Marvel character who goes by the name of Natalia Romanoff and appears in "The Avengers" movies |
| 55% | OMAN | 4 | Country whose name appears in "Romania" |
| 55% | POSTMANPAT | 10 | BBC TV children's series whose title character works in the fictional village of Greendale |
| 55% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | 1940 animated film in which the title character is swallowed by a whale named Monstro |
| 54% | FLEABAG | 7 | 2019 Emmy-winning show in which the title character is never referred to by her name |
| 53% | TAZ | 3 | Spinning, chaotic character popularized in the '90s animated series "Looney Tunes" whose only dialogue is his name |
| 53% | HOAGIE | 6 | Sandwich whose name originated in the Philly area |
| 53% | AIDA | 4 | "Celeste ___" (aria whose title includes the name of the opera it's in) |
| 52% | ROGERMURTAUGH | 13 | The name of the character Danny Glover - whose birthday it is today - portrays in the "Lethal Weapon" film series: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CARFAX | 6 | Company whose name appears in an odometer in its logo |
| 52% | RIP | 3 | & 24A 1819 Washington Irving story set in the Catskill Mountains whose title character sleeps for at least twenty years |
| 51% | GROOT | 5 | Tree-like character established in the '60s whose only dialogue in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy" is his name |