| 100% | KINGLEAR | 8 | Shakespeare play about 3 daughters, inheritance |
| 58% | KINGLEAR | 8 | Shakespeare play about an old ruler with three daughters: 2 wds. |
| 54% | PUN | 3 | One of about 3,000 in Shakespeare's plays |
| 48% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare play about a jealous husband |
| 47% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare play about the Moor of Venice |
| 47% | PERICLES | 8 | Shakespeare play about the Prince of Tyre |
| 46% | HAMLET | 6 | Shakespeare play about a mopey prince of Denmark |
| 46% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare play about a power-hungry Scottish nobleman |
| 43% | ANTIGONE | 8 | Sophocles play about Oedipus' daughter |
| 43% | ROMEOAND | 8 | With 36-Across, Shakespeare play about star-crossed lovers: 2 wds. |
| 43% | HENRYVI | 7 | Three-part Shakespeare play about a king of England (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BINGO | 5 | 1973 Edward Bond stage play about William Shakespeare |
| 41% | ROMEO | 5 | 48-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 41% | JULIET | 6 | 45-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 41% | DOGBERRY | 8 | Constable in William Shakespeare play Much Ado about Nothing |
| 40% | VERGES | 6 | Petty constable in William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 40% | ADO | 3 | "Much ___ About Nothing," Shakespeare comedy play |
| 39% | LEONATO | 7 | Father of Hero in William Shakespeare play Much Ado about Nothing |
| 39% | DONPEDRO | 8 | Prince of Arragon in William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 39% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare's play about a Scottish king |
| 38% | BORACHIO | 8 | Follower of Don John in William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 38% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare's play about the Moor of Venice |
| 38% | BORACHIO | 8 | Follower of Don John in the William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 38% | ADOLLSHOUSE | 11 | Henrik Ibsen play about a woman trapped in an oppressive marriage: 3 wds. |
| 36% | DONJOHN | 7 | Brother of Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon in William Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 36% | DONJOHN | 7 | Brother of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon in the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing |
| 36% | IMOGEN | 6 | Heroine of William Shakespeare play Cymbeline; daughter of the title character |
| 36% | HENRY | 5 | Shakespeare wrote seven plays about kings with this name |
| 35% | WESTSIDESTORY | 13 | Musical based on William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet": 3 wds. |