| 100% | ESTRAGON | 8 | French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 90% | ESTRAGON | 8 | Major character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot; the French name for a common herb |
| 47% | POZZO | 5 | Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 42% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |
| 38% | GODOT | 5 | Waiting for __, Samuel Beckett stage play |
| 36% | LOTHARIO | 8 | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine |
| 36% | BECKETT | 7 | He wrote the play "Waiting for Godot": Samuel __ |
| 36% | GODOT | 5 | Vladimir and Estragon wait for him in a Samuel Beckett play |
| 35% | AMY | 3 | I shared my name with the character I played in "Her" and I've been nominated for the Oscars six times |
| 34% | WAITING | 7 | Samuel Beckett play, __ for Godot |
| 34% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame": 2 wds. |
| 33% | DANCEHALL | 9 | Reggae genre named for the building it plays in |
| 33% | HARRY | 5 | ___ Melling, actor who shares his name with the character he played in "The Queen's Gambit" |
| 33% | ARCHIERICE | 10 | Title character in 1957 John Osborne stage play The Entertainer |
| 33% | LARASTHEME | 10 | Informal name of the instrumental music written for the character played by 33-Across in "Doctor Zhivago" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | CEDILLA | 7 | Character such as that placed under the c in French name Francois that softens the sound from that of k to s |
| 32% | EVA | 3 | Actress Green who played the title character in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" |
| 32% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 32% | MAC | 3 | The name of the character played by Rob McElhenney on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" |
| 31% | CLOVES | 6 | Herbs named after the French word for nails |
| 31% | GIANTS | 6 | NFL team that doesn't play home games in the state it's named for |
| 31% | JOHNROSS | 8 | What J.R. stood for in the Dallas character's name |
| 31% | ESTRAGON | 8 | One of the ones waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 31% | VLADIMIR | 8 | One of the men waiting in "Waiting for Godot" |
| 31% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | Name in French for the feast that precedes Lent |
| 31% | LAHR | 4 | Co-star in the U.S. premiere of "Waiting for Godot," 1956 |
| 31% | BBALL | 5 | A casual name for the sport played by teams in 16a: Hyph. |
| 31% | GODOT | 5 | Character in a Samuel Beckett play who never shows up |
| 31% | MAGEE | 5 | Patrick —, Northern Irish actor for whom Samuel Beckett wrote the one-act play Krapp’s Last Tape |