| 100% | ELOPING | 7 | Like Romeo and Juliet in Act 2 |
| 79% | ELOPING | 7 | Like Romeo and Juliet, in Act II |
| 56% | INLOVE | 6 | Like Romeo and Juliet |
| 54% | STARCROSSD | 10 | Like Romeo and Juliet, to Shakespeare |
| 54% | ILLFATED | 8 | Like Romeo and Juliet's romance |
| 54% | ILLFATED | 8 | Like Romeo and Juliet or 15-Across |
| 54% | ELOPE | 5 | Wed like Romeo and Juliet |
| 54% | ELOPES | 6 | Weds like Romeo and Juliet |
| 49% | STAR | 4 | With 38-Across, like Romeo and Juliet ... and like the shaded words? |
| 47% | TRAGIC | 6 | Like "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 46% | TYBALT | 6 | Capulet kinsman slain in Act III of “Romeo and Juliet” |
| 46% | STAR | 4 | ___-crossed lovers (like Romeo and Juliet) |
| 45% | WILLIAMSON | 10 | Former NFL defensive back Fred ____, who was nicknamed "The Hammer" and has acted in films like "From Dusk till Dawn": 2 wds. |
| 45% | ACTI | 4 | When Romeo meets Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 43% | TITULAR | 7 | Like the characters Romeo and Juliet, but not Mercutio or Tybalt |
| 42% | TYBALT | 6 | Mercutio's killer in Romeo and Juliet |
| 42% | MAB | 3 | Fairy Queen described in Romeo and Juliet |
| 42% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo's family name in Romeo and Juliet |
| 42% | SCENE3 | 6 | Final part of Act 5 in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 41% | ACTIV | 5 | Part of "Romeo and Juliet" in which Juliet fakes her death |
| 41% | ELOPERS | 7 | Romeo and Juliet, e.g. |
| 41% | VERONA | 6 | Romeo and Juliet's home |
| 41% | LOVERS | 6 | Romeo and Juliet, e.g. |
| 41% | ROLES | 5 | Romeo and Juliet, e.g. |
| 41% | TRYST | 5 | Romeo and Juliet had one |
| 41% | TEENAGERS | 9 | Romeo and Juliet, e.g. |
| 41% | BENAFFLECK | 10 | Hollywood star who cowrote, directed, and acted in "The Town": 2 wds. |
| 41% | WOODYALLEN | 10 | Hollywood star who cowrote, directed, and acted in "Annie Hall": 2 wds. |
| 41% | QUEENMAB | 8 | Royal fairy in Romeo & Juliet and poem by Shelley |
| 40% | LAURENCE | 8 | The Friar's name in Romeo and Juliet |