| 100% | PORTIAS | 7 | Characters in "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 70% | ANTONIO | 7 | Title character in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 67% | ANTONIO | 7 | Title character in Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 59% | SHYLOCK | 7 | Moneylender in The Merchant of Venice |
| 57% | MERCHANT | 8 | Shylock, Shakespeare character in The __ of Venice |
| 56% | PORTIA | 6 | "The Merchant of Venice" character who favors wordplay |
| 55% | PORTIA | 6 | She marries Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice |
| 55% | ANTONIO | 7 | The merchant of Venice |
| 53% | BASSANIO | 8 | Suitor to Portia in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 53% | ANTONIO | 7 | Merchant in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 53% | PORTIA | 6 | The Merchant of Venice's mannish woman |
| 52% | PORTIA | 6 | “The Merchant of Venice” character whose name sounds like a sports-car manufacturer |
| 52% | SHYLOCK | 7 | The antagonist in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice |
| 52% | ROMAN | 5 | Like Julius Caesar and the Colosseum |
| 51% | PORTIA | 6 | Lover in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 51% | DUCAT | 5 | Coin in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 51% | NERISSA | 7 | Maid in "The Merchant of Venice" |
| 51% | ALCOTT | 6 | Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across |
| 51% | SHYLOCK | 7 | Name of the moneylender in Merchant of Venice |
| 50% | ENOS | 4 | Character in Genesis and "The Dukes of Hazzard" |
| 50% | PETERGRIFFIN | 12 | The main character and father of the family in the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 50% | NERISSA | 7 | Waiting-woman of Portia in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 49% | GAMP | 4 | Sarah —, character in 1844 Charles Dickens novel The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit noted for her large umbrella |
| 49% | THEMERCHANTOF | 13 | "___ Venice," romantic comedy by Shakespeare in which the main characters are Antonio and Portia: 3 wds. |
| 49% | TUBAL | 5 | Wealthy Jewish friend of Shylock in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 48% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 48% | PORTIA | 6 | Heroine of The Merchant of Venice |
| 48% | SHAKESPEARE | 11 | Writer of The Merchant of Venice |
| 48% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 48% | ENOS | 4 | Character in the Book of Genesis |