| 100% | NORAS | 5 | Novelist Ephron and fictional character Charles |
| 45% | NORAS | 5 | Ephron and Charles |
| 43% | GEORGE | 6 | Fictional characters Weasley, Costanza and Jetson |
| 42% | ALICE | 5 | Fictional character who cried "Curiouser and curiouser!" |
| 42% | NORAS | 5 | Charles and Ephron |
| 42% | BINGLEY | 7 | Character in "Pride and Prejudice": Charles __ |
| 39% | PAN | 3 | Peter ___, fictional character created by Scottish novelist J.M. Barrie |
| 38% | WONKA | 5 | Fictional character in a top hat, purple velvet tail coat and green trousers |
| 38% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 38% | READE | 5 | “The Cloister and the Hearth” novelist Charles |
| 38% | READE | 5 | "The Cloister and the Hearth" novelist Charles |
| 37% | GENIE | 5 | Fictional character from the film "Aladdin" that comes out of a lamp and grants wishes |
| 36% | GRINCH | 6 | The ___, Dr. Seuss' fictional character from Whoville that despises Christmas and steals from homes |
| 35% | NORA | 4 | Nick and ___ Charles, fictional couple from "The Thin Man" series |
| 35% | PALEFIRE | 8 | 1962 Vladimir Nabokov novel featuring characters John Shade and Charles Kinbote |
| 35% | DARNAY | 6 | Charles ___, fictional character from "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| 34% | CELIE | 5 | Alice Walker's fictional character and protagonist from her Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Color Purple" |
| 34% | HUCKLEBERRY | 11 | ___ Finn, a fictional character who first appeared in 51a and is a friend of the protagonist |
| 33% | JESSESTONE | 10 | Fictional detective created by novelist 33-Across and played by actor 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | INSPECTORJAVERT | 15 | Literary character played in film by Charles Laughton, Anthony Perkins and Geoffrey Rush |
| 33% | REGGIE | 6 | ___ Mantle, "Riverdale" character who was played by both Ross Butler and Charles Melton |
| 33% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 33% | THINMAN | 7 | The —, 1934 Dashiell Hammett novel whose central characters are Nick and Nora Charles |
| 33% | DOMBEY | 6 | & 15A 1848 Charles Dickens novel featuring characters Walter Gay and Dr Parker Peps |
| 33% | DELIA | 5 | Novelist Ephron |
| 33% | PERSONA | 7 | Fictional character |
| 33% | PERSONAE | 8 | Fictional characters |
| 33% | AGATHACHRISTIE | 14 | British novelist who created the fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (2 wds.) |