| 100% | AHAB | 4 | Melville character who describes himself as “more a demon than a man” |
| 48% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton character who is described as a “ruin of a man” after surviving a crash |
| 45% | OCHS | 4 | Phil who described himself as a "singing journalist" |
| 44% | ENO | 3 | Rock producer Brian who describes himself as a "non-musician" |
| 41% | EMMA | 4 | Character described by Austen as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like" |
| 40% | ARP | 3 | Sculptor who described art as "a fruit that grows in man" |
| 38% | BLAINE | 6 | Magician David who froze himself into a block of ice for more than two days |
| 38% | NED | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who has been described as "the United States' most well-known evangelical" |
| 38% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | "I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way" |
| 38% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespearean character who calls himself "a very foolish fond old man" |
| 38% | DONALDTR | 8 | Who said about himself "Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money" |
| 37% | STERN | 5 | Howard who described himself as "King of All Media" |
| 37% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | US president who killed a man in a duel more than 20 years before taking office: 2 wds. |
| 37% | POPEYE | 6 | Character who uses "yam" as a verb |
| 36% | NOEL | 4 | Oasis member who once described his brother (and bandmate) as "a man with a fork in a world of soup" |
| 36% | GEORGE | 6 | Frank Costanza's neurotic son who Elaine described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" |
| 35% | TRUCKLER | 8 | Someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
| 35% | EBERT | 5 | Movie critic who describes 11-Across as "a movie character who seems half real, half animated" |
| 34% | SUPERBAD | 8 | 2007 hit comedy with a character who dubbed himself McLovin |
| 34% | BART | 4 | TV character who says "Don't have a cow, man!" |
| 34% | JOHNNYBRAVO | 11 | Popular animated TV series with a boorish, muscular young man as its titular character who tries to get women to date him: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ADAM | 4 | Actor West who plays himself as a mayor on "Family Guy" |
| 34% | WOLF | 4 | "Little Red Riding Hood" creature who disguises himself as a grandmother |
| 34% | ANDRELEONTALLEY | 15 | He once described himself as “the only black man among . . . white titans of style” |
| 33% | MOE | 3 | "Calvin and Hobbes" character described as "a six-year-old who shaves" |
| 33% | LEIA | 4 | Film character who says "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee!" |
| 33% | CIS | 3 | Like someone AMAB who identifies as a man |
| 33% | LEBRON | 6 | James who is more than a little forward? |
| 33% | PAM | 3 | "The Office" character who started as a receptionist |
| 33% | NEMO | 4 | Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |