| 100% | CHARLIEHARPER | 13 | Lead character from 5-Across : 2 wds. |
| 59% | ERLICHBACHMAN | 13 | Lead character from "Silicon Valley", played by T.J. Miller, who has an innovation incubator, where "Pied Piper" is set up: 2 wds. |
| 55% | 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. |
| 54% | JARJAR | 6 | ___ Binks, character from "Star Wars": 2 wds. |
| 54% | PETERPAN | 8 | Character from the island of Neverland: 2 wds. |
| 54% | AMERICANKIDS | 12 | Lead single from 32-Across, which hit #2 on the country chart: 2 wds. |
| 52% | RICHUNCLE | 9 | With 35-Across, wealthy character from the board game Monopoly: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BUTTERSSTOTCH | 13 | Character from "South Park," who is 43-Across's friend and is the sweet guy of the bunch: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PROFESSORPLUM | 13 | Academic character from the board game Clue: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ELENAGILBERT | 12 | ___, character from "The Vampire Diaries" played by Nina Dobrev: 2 wds. |
| 51% | PRINCESSLOLLY | 13 | Royal character from the board game Candy Land: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GETLUCKY | 8 | Lead single from "Random Access Memories": 2 wds. |
| 50% | SLEEPERAGENTS | 13 | What the lead characters in "The Americans" actually are: 2 wds. |
| 50% | INDIANAJONES | 12 | From executive producer Steven Spielberg, lead character in 1981 movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" : 2 wds. |
| 50% | PIPERCHAPMAN | 12 | Lead character played by Taylor Schilling on "Orange Is the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JARJAR | 6 | ___ Binks, a dim-witted character from "Star Wars": 2 wds. |
| 48% | PENNYDREADFUL | 13 | Horror series featuring fictional characters from classic books: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ANTHONYRAMOS | 12 | "A Star Is Born" actor who plays Usnavi, the lead character in 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LAURAINGALLS | 12 | Lead character on TV's "Little House on the Prairie," played by Melissa Gilbert: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SHARONMARSH | 11 | Central character from "South Park," who is the mother of Stan Marsh: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "The Vow'' actor who voices one of the lead characters in "Smallfoot'': 2 wds. |
| 47% | JETLAG | 6 | Exhaustion from traveling across time zones: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CLARKKENT | 9 | The lead character in "Smallville" who eventually becomes Superman, played by Tom Welling: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JAMESCORDEN | 11 | "The Late Late Show with ___" host who voices another lead character in "Smallfoot'': 2 wds. |
| 47% | PETERPAN | 8 | Jif and Skippy rival named for a character from a children's classic: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RICKSANCHEZ | 11 | Genius but cynical scientist, one of the lead characters in "Rick and Morty" : 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHRISTIANKANE | 13 | The actor who plays the lead character and genius Jacob Stone on "The Librarians": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ALECHOLLAND | 11 | Alter ego of the titular DC comics character from the TV series "Swamp Thing": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LUCASSCOTT | 10 | Character from the hit drama series "One Tree Hill" which was played by actor Chad Michael Murray: 2 wds. |
| 46% | HARVEYSPECTER | 13 | Gabriel Macht's character from a legal drama series who mentors Patrick J. Adams' character: 2 wds. |