| 100% | ANGEL | 5 | Cursed vampire friend of 47-Across played by David Boreanaz |
| 65% | SPIKE | 5 | White-haired vampire friend of 47-Across played by James Marsters |
| 54% | XANDERHARRIS | 12 | Geeky friend of 47-Across played by Nicholas Brendon (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ROSS | 4 | "Friends" friend played by David Schwimmer |
| 36% | MADAME | 6 | & 24A 1900 one-act play by David Belasco subtitled A Tragedy of Japan |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Geller played by David Schwimmer on "Friends" |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer in "Friends" |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer on "Friends" |
| 35% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer on “Friends” |
| 34% | ROSS | 4 | "Friends" character played by David Schwimmer |
| 33% | NILES | 5 | Crane brother played by David Hyde Pierce on 43-Across |
| 33% | ROSSGELLER | 10 | Geeky character played by David Schwimmer on "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ROSS | 4 | Character played by David Schwimmer in the TV series "Friends" |
| 33% | MIKEWHEELER | 11 | Played by Finn Wolfhard, character who is one of Will Byers' three friends in "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JONNJONZZ | 9 | Shape-shifting Martian played by David Harewood in 49-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ARES | 4 | God of war played by David Thewlis in 2017's "Wonder Woman" |
| 32% | ROSS | 4 | ___ Geller, popular television character played by David Schwimmer in the sitcom "Friends" |
| 32% | GLEN | 4 | Relative of 47 Across |
| 32% | ARTS | 4 | Part of 47 Across |
| 32% | OIL | 3 | Part of 47 Across |
| 31% | SCHWIMMER | 9 | Friends actor David ___, who plays the role of the attorney, Robert Kardashian, in "American Crime Story" |
| 31% | NERO | 4 | Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind" |
| 31% | PLENTY | 6 | 1978 stage play by David Hare |
| 31% | HOME | 4 | 1970 stage play by David Storey |
| 31% | RACINGDEMON | 11 | 1990 stage play by David Hare |
| 31% | OLEANNA | 7 | 1992 stage play by David Mamet |
| 31% | KNUCKLE | 7 | 1974 stage play by David Hare |
| 31% | ANGEL | 5 | David Boreanaz vampire show |
| 31% | NOVEMBER | 8 | 2007 stage play by David Mamet |