| 100% | AKELA | 5 | Cub Scout leader named after a character in "The Jungle Book" |
| 77% | AKELA | 5 | Cub Scout leader named for a wolf in "The Jungle Book" |
| 61% | AKELA | 5 | Common name for a Cub Scout leader originated by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" from a Hindi word meaning "alone" |
| 51% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 49% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |
| 46% | RIZZO | 5 | Muppet named after a character in "Midnight Cowboy" |
| 44% | AKELA | 5 | "The Jungle Book" wolf whose name symbolizes leadership to Cub Scouts |
| 42% | CAPTAIN | 7 | & 15A 1922 Derby-winning horse named after a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens |
| 41% | ARIEL | 5 | Uranian moon named for a character in The Tempest |
| 41% | PEACH | 5 | Princess named after a fruit, in the Super Mario Bros. franchise |
| 41% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy SUV named after a lake in the Sierra Nevada |
| 41% | DAMASK | 6 | Table linen named after a place in the Middle East |
| 40% | AKELA | 5 | Wolf pack leader in the Jungle Book |
| 39% | DEDICATEE | 9 | Name in the front of a book |
| 39% | SHEREKHAN | 9 | Idris Elba's character in the 2016 adaptation of "The Jungle Book" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | UMBRIEL | 7 | Moon in Uranus named after a character of a poem |
| 39% | TIN | 3 | Material in the name of a "Wizard of Oz" character |
| 38% | SUPERHERO | 9 | The character with special powers in a comic book |
| 38% | AXELF | 5 | 1985 instrumental hit named after the main character in "Beverly Hills Cop" |
| 38% | OSLO | 4 | Character from "Money Heist" named after a city in Norway |
| 38% | SHEREKHAN | 9 | Idris Elba's character in "The Jungle Book" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | AIMWELL | 7 | 1785 Derby winner named after a penniless rake in 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar |
| 37% | KAA | 3 | Hypnotic snake in The Jungle Book |
| 36% | MANCUB | 6 | Nickname for Mowgli in The Jungle Book |
| 36% | BOSC | 4 | Pear named after a professor of the Paris Jardin des plantes in the early 19th century |
| 36% | NEHEMIAH | 8 | Book of the Bible named after a cupbearer to Persian king Artaxerxes |
| 36% | AKELA | 5 | "The Jungle Book" wolf whose name symbolizes leadership to Boy Scouts |
| 36% | BALOO | 5 | "The Jungle Book" bear with double "O's" in his name |
| 36% | DANDIE | 6 | & 23A Character in Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering after whom a breed of terrier is named |