| 100% | PANDORA | 7 | Mythical character who opened a box of troubles |
| 73% | PANDORA | 7 | Mythical character who opened a box |
| 43% | PANDORA | 7 | Woman in Greek mythology who opened a box she shouldn't have |
| 42% | PANDORA | 7 | Woman who opened the box of evils |
| 42% | ANGLER | 6 | One who opens a can of worms? |
| 39% | WALDO | 5 | Character who young readers tried to find in a series of books |
| 39% | ELVES | 5 | Characters who might be standing on either side of a mall Santa |
| 39% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Character who is lifting a car on the cover of "Action Comics" #1 |
| 38% | HACKER | 6 | Character who might shout “I’m in!” after a few seconds of typing, stereotypically |
| 38% | ENDER | 5 | Sci-fi character who's trained through a series of war games |
| 38% | PANDORA | 7 | She who opened the box full of evils of the world |
| 37% | MURPHYBROWN | 11 | Candice Bergen's "colorful" TV character who had trouble keeping a secretary (2 wds.) |
| 37% | REY | 3 | Science-fiction character who's told, "Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi" |
| 37% | TINMAN | 6 | Wizard of Oz character who wanted a heart |
| 37% | SCARECROW | 9 | Wizard of Oz character who wanted a brain |
| 36% | HANSEL | 6 | Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest |
| 36% | SAMIAM | 6 | Seussian character who is a big fan of green eggs and ham (Hyph.) |
| 36% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton character who is described as a “ruin of a man” after surviving a crash |
| 36% | HOLMES | 6 | Fictional character who says "I am a brain …. The rest of me is a mere appendix" |
| 36% | ONO | 3 | A Box of Smile artist |
| 36% | KOOLAIDMAN | 10 | Character who bursts through a window to join a stampede of wiener dogs in a 2025 Super Bowl ad |
| 36% | ELMO | 4 | Character who talked to his dad, Louie, about Black Lives Matter protests on a 2020 episode of Sesame Street |
| 36% | ALICEMCKINLEY | 13 | Character who progresses from childhood to adulthood over a series of 28 novels by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 35% | POGO | 4 | Comic strip character who said "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person" |
| 35% | LUCYRICARDO | 11 | Star-struck sitcom character who accidentally knocks a pie into the face of 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GATSBY | 6 | Title character of classic American literature who is obsessed with a green light |
| 35% | GARFIELD | 8 | Fictional lasagna-loving cat who is the title character of a comic strip |
| 35% | TINMAN | 6 | "Wizard of Oz" character who wanted a heart: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ARYASTARK | 9 | "Game of Thrones" character who wields a sword named Needle |