| 100% | PSI | 3 | DC Comics character whose real name is Gayle Marsh and who can trigger incapacitating fear in people |
| 34% | HELLBOY | 7 | Comic character whose real name is Anung Un Rama |
| 31% | CENA | 4 | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| 28% | SHIV | 4 | Succession character whose real name is Siobhan |
| 28% | BATGIRL | 7 | Batman character whose real name is Barbara Gordon |
| 28% | NEO | 3 | Film character whose real name is Thomas A. Anderson |
| 28% | ICEMAN | 6 | X-Men character whose real name is Robert Drake |
| 28% | COLOSSUS | 8 | X-Men character whose real name is Piotr Rasputin |
| 28% | MYSTIQUE | 8 | X-Men character whose real name is Raven Darkhölme |
| 27% | THEUNDERTAKER | 13 | WWE wrestler whose real name is Mark William Calaway and who has more pay-per-view victories than any other WWE wrestler: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HARLEY | 6 | ___ Quinn, famous DC comic character who belongs to the trio "Gotham City Sirens" and is a very close friend of Poison Ivy |
| 26% | RUBEGO/IDLDBERG | 15 | Only person whose first and last name together is listed as an adjective in Merriam-Webster |
| 25% | OBAMA | 5 | President born on August 4, whose name can be found backward in 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 25% | YODA | 4 | Baby ___ (character whose real name is Grogu) |
| 25% | RICHIERICH | 10 | Comic book character whose middle name is $ |
| 25% | GREEN | 5 | ___ Lantern, fictional DC Comics character who has a "nature-colored" name |
| 25% | JOHNLEGEND | 10 | "All of Me" singer and "The Voice" coach who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BLAKESHELTON | 12 | "God's Country" singer and "The Voice" coach who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 25% | AMERICA | 7 | Comic book Captain whose real name is Steve Rogers |
| 25% | FONZ | 4 | 1970's TV character whose real first name was Arthur, with "the" |
| 24% | BRADPITT | 8 | "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 1995 and 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ADAMLEVINE | 10 | Maroon 5 front man and former "The Voice" coach who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROBOTMAN | 8 | DC Comics character with the simplest possible name you could imagine giving a cyborg superhero |
| 24% | FREESPIRITS | 11 | People who can't be boxed in |
| 24% | LANTERN | 7 | DC Comics character Green ___, played by Ryan Reynolds in the 2011 movie of the same name |
| 24% | HEIR | 4 | Person who's named in a will |
| 24% | YODA | 4 | Film character who says "Named must be your fear before banish it you can" |
| 24% | MEHRANKARIMI | 12 | Actor Tom Hanks's character in 2004 comedy-drama "The Terminal" which was inspired by a real-life person named ___ Nasseri: 2 wds. |
| 24% | GLOB | 4 | Swamp monster whose alter ego is Joseph Timms and who first appeared in Marvel Comics' "The Incredible Hulk", vol. 2 #121 |