| 100% | YOSEMITESAM | 11 | Looney Tunes character who chases the "varmint" 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 93% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | Looney Tunes character who chases the "wabbit" 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | MELBLANC | 8 | The voice of 15-Across and many other Looney Tunes characters: 2 wds. |
| 56% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BUGSBUNNY | 9 | Looney Tunes character pursued by 28-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 45% | LEAMICHELE | 10 | "Glee" star who played the main character in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | GINARODRIGUEZ | 13 | Actress who plays the title role on 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LUCYRICARDO | 11 | Star-struck sitcom character who accidentally knocks a pie into the face of 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ELMERFUDD | 9 | "Looney Tunes" cartoon hunter who calls 15-Across "wascally wabbit": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JANELYNCH | 9 | "Glee" costar who played the main character's mother in the 2022 Broadway revival of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAFFYDUCK | 9 | Looney Tunes character who quacks |
| 42% | HANSOLO | 7 | "Star Wars" character who pilots the Millennium Falcon: 2 wds. |
| 41% | YOSEMITESAM | 11 | Looney Tunes character who appears on some mud flaps |
| 41% | PORKYPIG | 8 | Looney Tunes cartoon character famous for his signature line "Th-th-th-that's all folks": 2 wds. |
| 41% | NATTURNER | 9 | Historical figure who's the focus of 15-/25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | EMMANUELLEWIS | 13 | Actor who played the title character on "Webster": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BEASTBOY | 8 | "Teen Titans Go!" TV and movie character who can take the form of any animal: 2 wds. |
| 40% | THELORAX | 8 | 31-Across environmental title character who speaks for the trees (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ROGERMURTAUGH | 13 | "Lethal Weapon" character who is the partner of Martin Riggs: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | 34-Across costar who plays the former flame of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PORKYPIG | 8 | Looney Tunes character who says "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" |
| 40% | PORKY | 5 | Looney Tunes character who says "Th-th-th-that's all, folks!" |
| 39% | LINDALAVIN | 10 | Actress who played the title character on the sitcom "Alice": 2 wds. |
| 39% | CHACECRAWFORD | 13 | Actor who plays the key male character in "Gossip Girl": 2 wds. |
| 39% | JONATHANGROFF | 13 | Actor who originated the role of 15-Across on Broadway (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Singer whom 15-Across claims to be the reincarnation of: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TOMHARDY | 8 | "Inception" actor who plays the title character in "Venom": 2 wds. |