| 100% | STUART | 6 | First name of an E. B. White character who says that “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone” |
| 37% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 36% | CALVIN | 6 | Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" |
| 34% | BAA | 3 | Word repeated before "black sheep," in a nursery rhyme that may be one of the first poems you learned |
| 33% | BILBO | 5 | First name of a fantasy character who lives in Bag End |
| 33% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 33% | PAULSCHNEIDER | 13 | Actor who played the role of Mark Brendanawicz in "Parks and Recreation", a character that appeared only in the first two seasons: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HOLMES | 6 | Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" |
| 32% | LITE | 4 | First word in the rhyming name of a peg toy |
| 32% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 32% | LIAM | 4 | First name of the actor who did a cameo as the voice of Qui-Gon in "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" |
| 32% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 32% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 32% | MACDUFF | 7 | Character who kills Macbeth in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 32% | WABE | 4 | Word in "Jabberwocky" that Lewis Carroll said meant "the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)" |
| 32% | LINUS | 5 | Comics character who said "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life" |
| 32% | YERTLE | 6 | Kid-lit title character who says "I am the ruler of all that I see!" |
| 32% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 31% | DYLAN | 5 | About whom Obama said "There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music" |
| 31% | NAN | 3 | River in Thailand which is also the name of a "Game of Thrones" character |
| 31% | APE | 3 | Word that means to imitate someone and is also the name of a primate |
| 31% | SULU | 4 | "Star Trek" character who was named for a sea in the Philippines |
| 31% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 31% | KANYE | 5 | First name of the rapper who once said “I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation" |
| 31% | CLIO | 4 | A famous Renault car. Also the name of an award that was coveted on the TV show "Mad Men" |
| 31% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 31% | BRIE | 4 | Grayish white cheese that originated from a French region of the same name and is considered to be in a low lactose range of 0-2% |
| 31% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 31% | INSPECTORBUCKET | 15 | “Bleak House” character who was one of the first detectives in English fiction |
| 31% | DRE | 3 | Name that's an anagram of a word in 41-Down |