| 100% | KINGSOLVER | 10 | Novelist whose character Adah speaks in palindromes |
| 33% | KRISTINHANNAH | 13 | Novelist whose bestseller "The Great Alone" is set in Alaska (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DENNISQUAID | 11 | Actor whose character shrank in 1987's "Innerspace": 2 wds. |
| 33% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Singer whose character shrank in 1965's "Help!": 2 wds. |
| 33% | ICARUS | 6 | Character in Greek myth whose wax wings melted |
| 33% | RAQUELWELCH | 11 | Actress whose character shrank in 1966's "Fantastic Voyage": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TORI | 4 | Character in "Victorious" whose name appears in the title |
| 32% | NIA | 3 | Long whose character goes missing in “Missing” |
| 32% | OTTO | 4 | “The Simpsons” character whose name is a palindrome |
| 32% | BALAAM | 6 | Old Testament character whose donkey spoke to him |
| 32% | BALAAM | 6 | Old Testament character whose ass spoke to him |
| 32% | ROBERTSHAW | 10 | Actor whose character is stung in "The Sting" |
| 32% | SAMSON | 6 | Biblical character whose power rested in his hair |
| 32% | CRAIGOFTHECREEK | 15 | Cartoon whose title character lives in Herkleton, Maryland |
| 31% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 1997's "Contact": 2 wds. |
| 31% | SANDRABULLOCK | 13 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 2013's "Gravity": 2 wds. |
| 31% | NOOMIRAPACE | 11 | Actress whose character went to outer space in 2012's "Prometheus": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ERNEST | 6 | Novelist Hemingway, who was a main character in "Midnight in Paris" |
| 31% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Character whose creation is making the 10 complaints in this puzzle |
| 31% | APERSONSAPERSON | 15 | Tautology spoken by the title character in 11-Down |
| 31% | ELMO | 4 | Kids' TV character who speaks in a falsetto |
| 31% | OSRIC | 5 | Actor Chau whose name is also a character in "Hamlet" |
| 31% | SEAN | 4 | Connery, whose speaking style is played on in this puzzle |
| 30% | NOEL | 4 | & 20A Comedian-actor whose characters in BBC TV series The Mighty Boosh include Vince Noir |
| 30% | TINYCHEF | 8 | Diminutive character whose Nickelodeon show was controversially canceled in June 2025 |
| 30% | RAE | 3 | Issa whose character in "American Fiction" has written the novel "We’s Lives in Da Ghetto" |
| 30% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | American novelist whose novel "The Overstory" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MRKITE | 6 | Character for whose benefit there will be a show tonight, in a Beatles song |
| 29% | DONQUIXOTE | 10 | Classic character whose exploits inspired the phrase in this puzzle's circles |