| 100% | FARFRAE | 7 | Donald —, Scottish character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 83% | HENCHARD | 8 | Michael —, hay-trusser; title character in 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge |
| 47% | ANGEL | 5 | Character in Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles who marries the heroine |
| 45% | DONN | 4 | Arabella —, wife of the title character in 1895 Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure |
| 42% | EVERDENE | 8 | Bathsheba —, character in 1874 Thomas Hardy novel Far From the Madding Crowd |
| 40% | DEWY | 4 | Dick —, character in 1872 Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree in love with Fancy Day |
| 39% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy novel "___ of the d'Urbervilles" |
| 39% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy novel, "__ of the d'Urbervilles" |
| 38% | TESS | 4 | __ of the d'Urbervilles, in Thomas Hardy novel |
| 38% | CLYM | 4 | & 11D Paris diamond merchant; title character in 1878 Thomas Hardy work The Return of the Native |
| 37% | VYE | 3 | Eustacia —, wife of Clym Yeobright in Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| 37% | THEHAND | 7 | & 22A 1876 Thomas Hardy novel featuring the character Lady Petherwin |
| 36% | MAYOR | 5 | "The ___ of Casterbridge" (Thomas Hardy novel) |
| 35% | EGDONHEATH | 10 | Setting of 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| 34% | EGDON | 5 | & 18D Setting of 1878 Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native |
| 33% | NATIVE | 6 | The Return of the __, Thomas Hardy novel |
| 31% | RASSENDYLL | 10 | Rudolf —, central character in 1894 Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda |
| 31% | JUDE | 4 | "___ the Obscure," novel by Thomas Hardy about, published in 1895 a working-class young man who dreams of becoming a scholar |
| 30% | TESS | 4 | "___ of the d'Urbervilles" (classic Thomas Hardy novel) |
| 30% | AMYDORRIT | 9 | Title character of an 1857 novel by Charles Dickens born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors' prison |
| 30% | ENOS | 4 | Character in the Book of Genesis |
| 30% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy's "___ of the d'Urbervilles" |
| 30% | TESS | 4 | Thomas Hardy’s “___ of the d’Urbervilles” |
| 30% | RUNES | 5 | Characters in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 30% | RAFESADLER | 10 | Character played by actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster in the British television serial "Wolf Hall" based on Hilary Mantel novels: 2 wds. |