| 100% | SUN | 3 | Metaphor for Juliet, in Romeo's soliloquy |
| 44% | MONTAGUE | 8 | Romeo's family name in Romeo and Juliet |
| 44% | TYBALT | 6 | Mercutio's killer in Romeo and Juliet |
| 44% | ARDENT | 6 | Like Romeo's feelings for Juliet |
| 43% | CHOPPEDLIVER | 12 | Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what's hidden in the answers to starred clues |
| 42% | LAURENCE | 8 | The Friar's name in Romeo and Juliet |
| 42% | MAB | 3 | Fairy queen in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet |
| 42% | CONEOFSILENCE | 13 | Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom |
| 42% | TANGLEDWEB | 10 | Metaphor for lies, in a Walter Scott poem |
| 42% | SPILLEDMILK | 11 | Metaphor for something that can't be changed, and what's found five times in this puzzle? |
| 41% | ICEMAN | 6 | Metaphor for death in a Eugene O'Neill play |
| 41% | MAB | 3 | Fairy Queen described in Romeo and Juliet |
| 41% | NAME | 4 | Romeo or Juliet, for example |
| 41% | LOVER | 5 | Romeo or Juliet, for example |
| 39% | QUEENMAB | 8 | Royal fairy in Romeo & Juliet and poem by Shelley |
| 39% | ACTTWO | 6 | Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 39% | TRYST | 5 | Meeting for Romeo and Juliet |
| 39% | ACTONE | 6 | Romeo meets Juliet in it |
| 39% | ACITYONAHILL | 12 | Metaphor for America's standing as a beacon of hope, and what can literally be found four times in this puzzle |
| 38% | SYS | 3 | The S in GPS, for short |
| 38% | MOON | 4 | It is "sick and pale with grief" in Romeo and Juliet |
| 38% | MERCUTIO | 8 | Romeo's close friend and sidekick in the Shakespearean play, who is known for his quick wit and tragic fate |
| 37% | ANAME | 5 | "What's in __?" ("Romeo and Juliet") |
| 37% | EMBER | 5 | Metaphor for ardency's aftermath |
| 37% | CAPULET | 7 | Juliet —, female protagonist in William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet |
| 37% | ROLE | 4 | Romeo or Juliet in a play, e.g. |
| 37% | LEDGE | 5 | S___hammers were used to hammer in spikes for railroads |
| 37% | SAT | 3 | What S stands for in "SNL," for short |
| 37% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S in USSR stood for |
| 37% | SOVIET | 6 | What the first S stood for in USSR |