| 100% | PROSPERO | 8 | Character who says "We are such stuff
as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep" |
| 61% | PROSPERO | 8 | Shakespearean character who says "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" |
| 48% | ACTIV | 5 | When Prospero says, "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" |
| 45% | ACTIV | 5 | When Prospero says, "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on" |
| 44% | PROSPERO | 8 | "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" speaker |
| 33% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 31% | SISTER | 6 | With 29-Across, Pam Ferris character who was a midwife and nun in Nonnatus House on "Call the Midwife" |
| 31% | PROSPERO | 8 | "...stuff as dreams are made on" speaker |
| 31% | NEDFLANDERS | 11 | "The Simpsons" character who is portrayed as a good neighbour with his wife Maude and two children, Rod and Todd: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ARE | 3 | "... such stuff / As dreams __ made on": Prospero |
| 30% | ELEANOR | 7 | "The Good Place" character who said, "Whenever anyone tells me a story about their life, I always imagine all the people as being super hot" |
| 30% | EGG | 3 | (2/5) "Now let us gently beat an ___ or two with a fork, these will make our dessert light and fluffy!" |
| 30% | ARIEL | 5 | Disney character who says "Don't be such a guppy!" |
| 29% | IAN | 3 | McKellen who once said, “Some fan attention is odd, but no odder than a cereal box with me as Magneto on it” |
| 29% | POGO | 4 | Old comics character who said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." |
| 29% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 29% | BELCH | 5 | Toby ___, "Twelfth Night" character who says "Thou'rt a scholar; let us therefore eat and drink" |
| 29% | CHARLIESHEEN | 12 | "Two and a Half Men" actor who was a roastee on Comedy Central Roast with Seth MacFarlane as the roast master: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JULIET | 6 | Character who said "parting is such sweet sorrow" |
| 28% | NOVA | 4 | PBS series with such episodes as "Looking for Life on Mars" and "Einstein's Quantum Riddle" |
| 28% | FERENGI | 7 | "Star Trek" characters who are typically obsessed with profit, such as Quark |
| 28% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" |
| 28% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 28% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | TV character who says "It's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids" |
| 27% | BUTTERS | 7 | ___ Stotch, a frequently bullied character on "South Park" who is friends with 3-Down |
| 27% | EEYORE | 6 | Illustrated character who said, “We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it” |
| 27% | SIA | 3 | Australian singer with such albums as "We Are Born" and "This Is Acting" |
| 27% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
| 27% | POLKA | 5 | ___ dot, small round shape that can be part of a pattern, such as on a dress |
| 27% | HAN | 3 | Sci-fi character who says "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid" |