| 100% | HAMLET | 6 | Play containing the line "Good night, sweet prince" |
| 44% | HEYMRDJ | 7 | 1990s hit with the line "keep playing that song, all night" |
| 43% | HORATIO | 7 | "Good night, sweet prince" speaker |
| 39% | HORATIO | 7 | Character who bids Hamlet "Good night, sweet prince" |
| 39% | HORATIO | 7 | Shakespeare character who says, "Good night sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest" |
| 39% | INCIDENT | 8 | "The Curious ___ of the Dog in the Night-Time" (2015 Tony Award winner for Best Play) |
| 38% | ILANA | 5 | Glazer of the 2025 Broadway play "Good Night, and Good Luck" |
| 38% | HORATIO | 7 | He says “Good night, sweet prince” to Hamlet |
| 36% | NOEXIT | 6 | Play with the line "Hell is other people" |
| 36% | AIDS | 4 | Plays the Good Samaritan |
| 35% | AVID | 4 | Like those fans who camp out all night in ticket lines just to ensure they get one of the best seats |
| 34% | ASIDE | 5 | Play line delivered to the audience |
| 34% | IGUANA | 6 | The Night of the __, Tennessee Williams' play |
| 34% | IGUANA | 6 | The Night of the ___ (Tennessee Williams play) |
| 33% | IGUANA | 6 | Night of the __, Tennessee Williams play and story |
| 33% | IGUANA | 6 | "The Night of the ___" (Tennessee Williams play) |
| 33% | LONGFELLOW | 10 | Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the circled squares |
| 33% | WAR | 3 | 1970 #1 hit with the line "What is it good for?" |
| 33% | ASIDES | 6 | Lines spoken directly to the audience in a play |
| 33% | LAYS | 4 | Play it as it ___ (make the best of things) |
| 32% | TWAS | 4 | "___ the night before Christmas..." (Clement Moore poem lines) |
| 32% | MENDINGWALL | 11 | Poem by 39-Across with the line "Good fences make good neighbors" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | DRACULA | 7 | Speaker of the line "Listen to them - the children of the night" |
| 32% | MOONDANCE | 9 | Van Morrison hit with the line "A fantabulous night to make romance" |
| 32% | EDEN | 4 | Garden that contained the tree of the knowledge of good and evil |
| 32% | FESTE | 5 | Clown in the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night |
| 32% | IGUANA | 6 | Play by Tennessee Williams, Night of the __ |
| 32% | OPHELIA | 7 | "Good night, sweet ladies. Good night, good night" speaker |
| 31% | PERICLES | 8 | Shakespeare play about the Prince of Tyre |
| 31% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Walk the Line" actor who plays the Joker in "Joker: 54-Across" (2 wds.) |