| 100% | TRINCULO | 8 | Jester in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who is said to be a coward |
| 60% | TOUCHSTONE | 10 | Court jester in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" who is referred to as a "natural fool" |
| 53% | BILLYBUSH | 9 | Former TV star who's contrite for his role in the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal, saying "I'm grateful to be a more conscientious person now": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JULIEHAGERTY | 12 | Actress who says "There's no reason to become alarmed ... By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?" in "Airplane!" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, George's recurring fake character who turns out to be a real judge in the final "Seinfeld" episode |
| 51% | OSIRIS | 6 | God who was said to be in love with his sister while still in the womb(!) |
| 50% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespeare character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 50% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 49% | PUCK | 4 | Jester in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" who loved to play pranks |
| 49% | YOUREMISSINGOUT | 15 | "That's a lost opportunity," and what can be said to the writer of four clues in this puzzle |
| 49% | LAURA | 5 | Actress Dern who was announced to have a role in the next "Star Wars" movie |
| 49% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 49% | URHAMLET | 8 | Lost manuscript said to be the source of a Shakespeare classic |
| 48% | ALI | 3 | Jasmine's Prince ___ Ababwa who is granted a wish by the Genie to become a prince temporarily in "Aladdin" |
| 48% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Who's depicted in this puzzle when the circled letters are connected from A to Z and back to A |
| 48% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper who said "I am Shakespeare in the flesh" |
| 48% | 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" |
| 47% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 47% | JUDITHLIGHTLY | 13 | "Starring in 'Who's the Boss?' was a breeze," said___ |
| 47% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 47% | 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" |
| 47% | OPHELIA | 7 | Who says "O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!," in Shakespeare |
| 47% | DYLAN | 5 | About whom Obama said "There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music" |
| 46% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
| 46% | FATHERTIME | 10 | Scythe carrier who is also said to be undefeated in the sports world |
| 46% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year who was named to the NBA All-Star team three years in a row (2 wds.) |
| 46% | STEVE | 5 | ___ Martin, actor who was a stand-up comedian before rising to fame in the musical "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 46% | PARK | 4 | Central ___ Tower, a residential skyscraper in the USA said to be amongst the tallest buildings in the world |
| 46% | BERRA | 5 | Yankee Yogi who's credited with saying "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" |
| 45% | REBA | 4 | McEntire who is the first woman to portray Colonel Sanders in a KFC ad |