| 100% | IAGO | 4 | One of the villains in 'Othello' by Shakespeare |
| 62% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Wife of Othello in the play of that name by William Shakespeare |
| 60% | ROSENCRANTZ | 11 | One of the courtiers in William Shakespeare play Hamlet |
| 59% | IRISHPOUND | 10 | One of the currencies replaced by the euro in 2002 |
| 59% | ATHOS | 5 | One of the Three Musketeers in works by Alexandre Dumas |
| 59% | OPHELIA | 7 | One of the only two female characters in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" |
| 57% | IRAS | 4 | One of the attendants of Cleopatra in William Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra |
| 57% | COBWEB | 6 | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 57% | MUSTARDSEED | 11 | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 57% | IRAS | 4 | One of the attendants of Cleopatra in the William Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra |
| 57% | ARAMIS | 6 | One of The Three Musketeers in the novel of that name by Alexandre Dumas |
| 57% | PEASEBLOSSOM | 12 | One of the fairies in William Shakespeare stage play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 57% | SONGOFTHEYEAR | 13 | One of the two Grammy categories won by 31-Across in 2013: 4 wds. |
| 57% | BESTNEWARTIST | 13 | One of the two Grammy categories won by 31-Across in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 56% | MIRACLE | 7 | One of seventy recognized in Lourdes by the Catholic Church |
| 55% | NAOMI | 5 | Osaka named one of the Sportspersons of the Year by "Sports Illustrated" in 2020 |
| 55% | UBOAT | 5 | One of 116 disposed of by the Royal Navy in Operation Deadlight |
| 55% | INJUNJOE | 8 | Villain in 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain |
| 55% | MUGSHOT | 7 | One of many released by the Fulton County Jail in late August |
| 55% | IBIS | 4 | One of the first birds released by Noah after the flood, in legend |
| 54% | TONY | 4 | One of the Italian chefs in the 2019 animated movie "Lady and the Tramp," voiced by F. Murray Abraham |
| 53% | THEBIGBADWOLF | 13 | Villain in the story named by the starts of 17-, 25-, 47- and 57-Across |
| 53% | WOLF | 4 | Villain in the tale named by the starts of 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across |
| 53% | ARTICLE | 7 | One of 30 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN in 1948 |
| 53% | ESTREATS | 8 | Latino star once named one of "The 10 sexiest bachelors in the world" by People magazine |
| 52% | CASSIO | 6 | Lieutenant of Othello in the William Shakespeare play of that name |
| 52% | KOPILUWAK | 9 | One of the most expensive coffees in the world which includes part-digested coffee cherries by the Asian palm civet: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ROPE | 4 | *Hitch material, and one of ten one-word movies in this puzzle directed by the honoree |
| 51% | ONEARM | 6 | Feature of the villain in "The Fugitive" |
| 51% | ONEARM | 6 | Characteristic of the villain in "The Fugitive" |