| 100% | DAPHNEBLAKE | 11 | Fictional character from animated series "Scooby-Doo" who is is a redhead who wears lavender heels: 2 wds. |
| 76% | FREDJONES | 9 | Fictional character from animated series "Scooby-Doo" who is a human who wears an ascot tie: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNNYALPHA | 11 | Long-running comic fictional character from "Strontium dog" who is a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARVEYSPECTER | 13 | Gabriel Macht's character from a legal drama series who mentors Patrick J. Adams' character: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALANRICKMAN | 11 | Actor who played Professor Snape and was a misunderstood character in "Harry Potter" series: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 38% | ARCHIEANDREWS | 13 | The primary protagonist of the "Riverdale" TV series, a redheaded teen who is played by KJ Apa: 2 wds |
| 37% | ROTTEN | 6 | Robbie ___, character from the series "LazyTown" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 37% | JOEY | 4 | ___ Tribbiani, character from the series "Friends" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 37% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Popular animated TV series with a boorish, muscular young man as its titular character who tries to get women to date him: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PENNYDREADFUL | 13 | Horror series featuring fictional characters from classic books: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALFIESOLOMONS | 13 | "Peaky Blinders" character, played by Tom Hardy, who ran a distillery and was seen on the show from season 2 till 4: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STAR | 4 | Patrick ___, character from the series "SpongeBob SquarePants" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 36% | PETER | 5 | ___ Griffin, character from the series "Family Guy" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 35% | PEG | 3 | ___ Bundy, character from the series "Married... with Children" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 35% | LINCOLNRHYME | 12 | Fictional quadriplegic detective created by 32-Across who is played by Russell Hornsby in a new NBC crime drama series (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RONHOWARD | 9 | "A Beautiful Mind" director who is a Tony away from completing the EGOT: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SHARONMARSH | 11 | Central character from "South Park," who is the mother of Stan Marsh: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAGGIESMITH | 11 | English actress from "Downton Abbey" who was made a Dame in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ALICEMCKINLEY | 13 | Character who progresses from childhood to adulthood over a series of 28 novels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ALPACINO | 8 | "Dog Day Afternoon" actor who is a Grammy away from completing the EGOT: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LISASIMPSON | 11 | Animated girl who was in the finals of a crossword puzzle tournament: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DEALOUT | 7 | Omit a player from those to whom cards are dealt: 2 wds. |
| 34% | TEENAGEMUTANT | 13 | "___ Ninja Turtles," popular animated series from the 1980s about characters named after Italian Renaissance artists: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Harper, character from the series "Two and a Half Men" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 34% | GUIDOSARDUCCI | 13 | Don Novello's early "SNL" character who was a rock critic for "L'Osservatore Romano": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MABEL | 5 | ___ Pines, character from the TV series "Gravity Falls" who wears a variety of colorful sweaters |
| 34% | UGLYBETTY | 9 | America Ferrera's series which was adapted from a Colombian telenovela: 2 wds. |