| 100% | MACBETH | 7 | Play where the character Banquo appears as a ghost |
| 50% | SAMURAI | 7 | "___ Western," action-adventure game where the player plays as a character who travels to America |
| 44% | HAUNT | 5 | Appear as a ghost |
| 44% | STARRED | 7 | To have appeared as the lead in a movie or play |
| 39% | TRAGEDY | 7 | Play where the protagonist has a sad ending |
| 38% | GULLIVER | 8 | Lemuel __, appears as a giant to the Lilliputians |
| 37% | ART | 3 | ___ Vandelay, recurring fake "Seinfeld" character who appears as a real judge in the series finale |
| 36% | RANGE | 5 | Where the deer and the antelope play, in a song |
| 36% | GREECE | 6 | Where the tradition of shaking hands as a greeting originated |
| 36% | JEAN | 4 | ___ Grey, Famke Janssen's character in the X-Men films, where she plays a telepath who can move objects with her mind |
| 36% | SEANCE | 6 | Gathering with a ghost as the guest of honor |
| 36% | MUSICAL | 7 | A play where characters burst into song |
| 35% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 35% | OURTOWN | 7 | Play in which the Stage Manager is a character |
| 35% | STREAMED | 8 | Played a video as it downloads from the Internet |
| 34% | MASTHEAD | 8 | The title of a newspaper as it appears in print |
| 34% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare's play with a character named Banquo |
| 34% | MASCOT | 6 | A character used as the emblem of a team or side |
| 34% | ODYSSEY | 7 | Journey such as the one where 20-Across appears |
| 33% | CHEEK | 5 | Area of the face where a dimple may appear |
| 33% | TOUCHDOWN | 9 | Football play where a team advances the ball into the opponent's end zone |
| 33% | FEATURING | 9 | Appearing as a headliner |
| 32% | KONG | 4 | "King ___," 2005 movie featuring a prehistoric ape as the titular character |
| 32% | EMCEE | 5 | "Cabaret" character who acts as a host to the audience |
| 32% | WADEBOGGS | 9 | Former 27-Across third baseman who appeared as a guest star on the "Bar Wars" episode of "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | ACTIN | 5 | Join the cast of, as a play |
| 32% | COURT | 5 | A Tennis ___, where the sport is played |
| 32% | ORO | 3 | Colorado city, now a ghost town near the Arkansas River, where gold was discovered in 1860 |
| 32% | CLASHING | 8 | The __ of cymbals as a band plays |
| 32% | MONK | 4 | 2002 comedy-drama where the titular character Adrian, a private detective, was based on Sherlock Holmes |