| 100% | HAL | 3 | Protagonist in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" |
| 48% | THETOUR | 7 | David Foster Wallace's "The End Of ___": 2 wds. |
| 46% | IRS | 3 | Subj. of David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" |
| 46% | FUN | 3 | David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly ___ Thing I'll Never Do Again" |
| 44% | ESSAY | 5 | David Foster Wallace piece |
| 40% | ENDNOTES | 8 | Notable features of David Foster Wallace books |
| 39% | JEST | 4 | "Infinite ___" (David Foster Wallace novel) |
| 34% | INFINITEJETS | 12 | "Endless Streams"? [David Foster Wallace] |
| 33% | CORDELIA | 8 | Protagonist in Shakespeare's King Lear |
| 33% | LEVIN | 5 | Protagonist in Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" |
| 33% | SALPARADISE | 11 | Protagonist in Kerouac's "On the Road" |
| 32% | GROMIT | 6 | Wallace's partner, in claymation |
| 31% | SAMSA | 5 | Gregor ___, protagonist in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" |
| 30% | OTIS | 4 | Mr. ___, protagonist in Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost" |
| 30% | SLING | 5 | David's weapon, in the Bible |
| 30% | ROSS | 4 | David Schwimmer's character in "Friends" |
| 30% | ROYAL | 5 | "Once in ___ David's City" (carol) |
| 29% | RAFE | 4 | Male protagonist in William Inge's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" |
| 29% | ARI | 3 | Protagonist in Uris' "Exodus" |
| 29% | REBELS | 6 | Protagonists in "Star Wars" |
| 28% | ANT | 3 | The insect that is the protagonist in "A Bug's Life" |
| 28% | MAJOR | 5 | "Ground Control to ___ Tom" (lyric in David Bowie's "Space Oddity") |
| 28% | MIA | 3 | ___ Wallace (Uma Thurman's role in "Pulp Fiction") |
| 28% | JOSEF | 5 | ___ K., Kafka's protagonist in "The Trial" |
| 28% | URIAH | 5 | ___ the Hittite, soldier in King David's army |
| 27% | MCCLANE | 7 | Protagonist in the "Die Hard" films |
| 26% | DOG | 3 | Cheese-loving Wallace's furry companion in the series "Wallace and Gromit" |
| 26% | ENRAGE | 6 | Foster fury in |
| 26% | FOXMULDER | 9 | David Duchovny's truth-seeking FBI investigator in 43-Across: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SOON | 4 | S' in ASAP |