| 100% | EYRE | 4 | Jane of fiction who would “always rather be happy than dignified” |
| 80% | EYRE | 4 | Jane who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 77% | EYRE | 4 | Fictional Jane who said "I would always rather be happy than dignified" |
| 67% | EYRE | 4 | Titular narrator who says, “I would always rather be happy than dignified” |
| 66% | EYREQUOTES | 10 | "Reader, I married him," "I would always rather be happy than dignified," etc.? |
| 36% | EYRE | 4 | Jane of fiction who says "Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine" |
| 33% | CHATTERS | 8 | Who __ to you will chatter of you |
| 33% | COIN | 4 | I have a head and a tail that will never meet. Having too many of me is always a treat. Who am I? |
| 32% | EMMA | 4 | Title heroine who says "I would much rather have been merry than wise" |
| 32% | ALI | 3 | Actor Mahershala who will star in season three of "True Detective" |
| 32% | SWORNENEMY | 10 | *Person with whom one will always fight |
| 32% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | Singer and actress who played Rachel Marron in 18a and whose cover of "I Will Always Love You" became a best-selling single: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DAVID | 5 | Director Lynch about whom Kyle MacLachlan wrote, "I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear" |
| 31% | SARA | 4 | Actress Gilbert who will be on the return of "Roseanne" in 2018 |
| 31% | DOUG | 4 | Emhoff who will be the first Second Gentleman of the United States |
| 31% | ALI | 3 | Oscar winner Mahershala who will star in season three of "True Detective" |
| 31% | BYRON | 5 | "... truth is always strange; / Stranger than fiction" poet |
| 31% | WHITNEY | 7 | Houston who sang I Will Always Love You |
| 31% | BRIENNE | 7 | Highborn lady (who would rather be a knight) played by Gwendoline Christie in "Game of Thrones" |
| 31% | WHITNEY | 7 | ___ Houston, singer of "I Will Always Love You" |
| 31% | LEAR | 4 | King who said "Nothing will come of nothing" |
| 31% | SPARROW | 7 | I'd rather be a __ than a snail, yes I would |
| 31% | MOMOA | 5 | Actor Jason who will play Duncan Idaho in the 2021 remake of "Dune" |
| 31% | CAPACITY | 8 | Number of people who will fit in a stadium, e.g. |
| 31% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespearean king who says, "Nothing will come of nothing" |
| 31% | SETH | 4 | Actor Rogen who will play Pumbaa in the 2019 remake of "The Lion King" |
| 31% | BADBUNNY | 8 | "Soy Peor" singer who will perform at the halftime show of Super Bowl LX |
| 31% | EYRE | 4 | Jane of fiction |
| 30% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country star who originally recorded "I Will Always Love You" |
| 30% | OWEN | 4 | Wister who was known as the father of western fiction |