| 100% | ACTI | 4 | Opening of a Shakespeare play (2 wds.) |
| 76% | ACTI | 4 | Opening part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 68% | HENRYVI | 7 | Three-part Shakespeare play about a king of England (2 wds.) |
| 68% | HENRYV | 6 | 1989 Emma Thompson movie based on a Shakespeare play: 2 wds. |
| 66% | SOFTA | 5 | "Upon so ___ subject as myself!" (Juliet's line in a Shakespeare play): 2 wds. |
| 65% | TOPSTORY | 8 | Opening segment of a newscast: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ACTII | 5 | Second half of a play segment: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play: 2 wds. |
| 60% | ACTV | 4 | End of a Shakespeare play |
| 59% | ACTIV | 5 | Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play |
| 59% | ACTI | 4 | Opening of a play |
| 59% | HUGHDANCY | 9 | "Confessions of a Shopaholic" actor who plays Will Graham on NBC's "Hannibal": 2 wds. |
| 58% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a stage play (2 wds.) |
| 58% | MACBETHNCHEESE | 14 | Extremely tacky production of a Shakespeare play? |
| 58% | ROMEO | 5 | Boy in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ACTI | 4 | First part of a play (2 wds.) |
| 57% | ACTV | 4 | Time for the closing monologue of a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ROMEO | 5 | Young man in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ACTS | 4 | A Shakespeare play has five of them |
| 56% | DEARSIR | 7 | Opening line of a letter to a gentleman: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ADO | 3 | Word after "Much" in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 56% | BENKINGSLEY | 11 | Winner of a Best Actor Oscar for playing Gandhi, the title role of 1982's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DIANEKEATON | 11 | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for playing Annie Hall, the title role of 1977's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 55% | TEESHOT | 7 | Opening stroke of a golf game (2 wds.) |
| 55% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "excitement" that's in the title of a Shakespeare play |
| 55% | CHARLTONHESTON | 14 | Winner of a Best Actor Oscar for playing Judah Ben-Hur, the title role of 1959's Best Picture: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ULTERIORMOTIVE | 14 | Part of a hidden agenda: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Start of a Christmas letter: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BSIDE | 5 | Back of a 45 record: 2 wds. |
| 53% | CABDRIVER | 9 | Employee of a taxi company: 2 wds. |