| 100% | ICEMAN | 6 | Metaphor for death in a Eugene O'Neill play |
| 50% | ICEMAN | 6 | Profession in a Eugene O'Neill title |
| 44% | WELDED | 6 | Eugene O'Neill stage play which opened in New York in 1924 |
| 42% | LONGDAYS | 8 | , 14A & 11D Eugene O'Neill stage play that premiered in Stockholm, Sweden in 1956 |
| 41% | TYRONES | 7 | Family in a Pulitzer-winning O’Neill play |
| 41% | TANGLEDWEB | 10 | Metaphor for lies, in a Walter Scott poem |
| 40% | CONEOFSILENCE | 13 | Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom |
| 40% | THEICEMANCOMETH | 15 | Eugene O'Neill play |
| 39% | PROP | 4 | Piece of furniture in a play, for example |
| 38% | MUMMERS | 7 | Actors in a folk play about St George's death |
| 38% | CALLSTIME | 9 | Asks for a break in play |
| 38% | VAMPS | 5 | Plays for time, in a way |
| 37% | AMOON | 5 | Eugene O'Neill's "___ for the Misbegotten" |
| 37% | AMOON | 5 | Eugene O’Neill’s “___ for the Misbegotten” |
| 37% | OBIT | 4 | Death notice in a newspaper, for short |
| 37% | RIGG | 4 | Diana —, 1994 Best Actress in a Play Tony Award winner for Medea |
| 37% | LAPOTAIRE | 9 | Jane —, 1981 Tony Award Best Actress in a Play winner for Piaf |
| 37% | AUNTIEMAME | 10 | Play for which Peggy Cass won a Tony in 1957 |
| 37% | INTERLUDE | 9 | Eugene O'Neill wrote of a strange one |
| 37% | SALESMAN | 8 | "Death of a ___," first ever play to win a Tony Award for Best Production in four different years |
| 37% | BUSKING | 7 | Playing music in a public place for donations |
| 36% | THEHAIRYAPE | 11 | O'Neill play written in 1922 |
| 36% | RICHARD | 7 | & 23A Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Kiss of Death |
| 36% | MALAPROP | 8 | Mrs. ___ (character in a 1775 play known for poor but amusing word choice) |
| 36% | JOEEGG | 6 | Peter Nichols play, A Day in the Death of __ |
| 36% | LESLIE | 6 | He won a Tony for playing Aaron in Hamilton |
| 36% | ICEMAN | 6 | The __ Cometh, Eugene O'Neill play |
| 36% | STRANGE | 7 | __ Interlude, 1929 Eugene O'Neill play |
| 36% | STRITCH | 7 | Elaine —, 1956 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play nominee for Bus Stop |