| 100% | PERSONA | 7 | Role, character, aspect of one perceived by others |
| 42% | QUINTILE | 8 | Astrological aspect of planets distant from each other by 72 degrees |
| 40% | ELI | 3 | One of two There Will Be Blood characters played by Paul |
| 39% | MONOLOGUE | 9 | Passage of speech delivered by one character |
| 38% | TRAITS | 6 | Aspects of one's personality |
| 38% | ELSA | 4 | Character voiced by Idina Menzel in "Frozen 2," one of the biggest hits of 2019 |
| 37% | EVITA | 5 | Hit 1979 musical in which a character's mistress is one of the main roles |
| 36% | SPOUSAL | 7 | Of one's other half |
| 35% | HOLT | 4 | ___ Richter, one of the two characters voiced by Jason Sudeikis in the TV series "The Cleveland Show" |
| 35% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is a character played by Keanu Reeves |
| 35% | SMEAR | 5 | Attack of one's character |
| 34% | SPOCKMUSTDIE | 12 | Original novel by 39-Across that was inspired by one of the principal characters of "Star Trek" (3 wds.) |
| 34% | AWARE | 5 | Self-___ (conscious of one's character) |
| 33% | SIX | 3 | "___ of one, half a dozen of the other" |
| 33% | AWARE | 5 | Self ___ (conscious of one's own character) |
| 33% | FANART | 6 | Sketch of one's favorite character, perhaps |
| 33% | AWARE | 5 | Self-___ (conscious of one's own character) |
| 33% | ECLIPSE | 7 | Obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| 33% | GEOLOGY | 7 | One aspect of earthquake study |
| 33% | AHAB | 4 | One-legged character of literature |
| 33% | SONNET | 6 | One of 154 by Shakespeare |
| 33% | ETUDE | 5 | One of 12 by Debussy |
| 33% | CONCERTO | 8 | One of two by Liszt |
| 33% | PIANOSONATA | 11 | One of 32 by Beethoven |
| 33% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" |
| 33% | HERCULEPOIROT | 13 | Fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie who is also one of the most famous and long-running characters: 2 wds. |
| 33% | DOZEN | 5 | "Six of one, half a ___ of the other" |
| 33% | IRONY | 5 | Expression of one's meaning by opposite language |
| 33% | HYDE | 4 | One side of a Stevenson character |
| 33% | SILENTU | 7 | One of two circuit court characters? |