| 100% | JANE | 4 | She is a strong and intelligent character from one of Charlotte Bronte's best known classics |
| 35% | LESLIE | 6 | ___ Knope, "Parks and Recreation" character who is known for her love of food, especially waffles from JJ's |
| 33% | SCOTT | 5 | American writer F. ___ Fitzgerald, regarded as one of the best ever from America and is known for novels like "The Great Gatsby" |
| 32% | KATEHUDSON | 10 | She and Goldie Hawn are one of Hollywood's best-known mother-daughter duos: 2 wds. |
| 31% | YORK | 4 | Charlotte ___, character from "Sex and the City" who's a known neat freak |
| 29% | GREY | 4 | Meredith ___, character from a popular medical drama who one of Taylor Swift's cats is named after |
| 29% | MADONNA | 7 | Singer from the U.S. who is known as the "Queen of Pop" and is the best-selling female artist of all time |
| 29% | BEYONCE | 7 | Former member of Destiny's Child who is known for her solo hits like "Irreplaceable" and "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" |
| 29% | EMMA | 4 | Young American activist, ___ Gonzalez who is known for advocating gun control and a line of her speech was sampled for Madonna's "I Rise" |
| 28% | HERMIONE | 8 | ___ Granger, one of the lead characters from the "Harry Potter" series and is one of the most-loved fictional female characters |
| 28% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 28% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Considered one of the best in golf, he was central figure in a controversy that involved infidelity and ended in his divorce: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ARYA | 4 | Feisty and brave, this Stark girl is one of the strongest characters in George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" |
| 27% | POSHSPICE | 9 | She was part of a girl group and married Beckham |
| 27% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | EYRE | 4 | Jane ___, famous literary character from Charlotte Bronte's novel of the same name |
| 27% | BUTTERSSTOTCH | 13 | Character from "South Park," who is 43-Across's friend and is the sweet guy of the bunch: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BEAUTY | 6 | Belle is a main character of __ and the Beast |
| 26% | DI{DOT} | 7 | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| 26% | NOB | 3 | One of wealth and standing in Britain ... and a word that can be slangily used to refer to one's "head" |
| 26% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author of “Let Us Descend,” about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) |
| 26% | VISTA | 5 | There might be a good one on top of a mountain |
| 26% | TYCO | 4 | Toy manufacturer that is well known for its model trains and is now a part of Mattel: Abbr. |
| 26% | STEVE | 5 | I am considered one of the pioneers of the microcomputer revolution and I co-started a successful company from my garage |
| 26% | BOB | 3 | I am known as a Rastafari icon and I also earned Jamaica's Order of Merit award |
| 26% | ENVY | 4 | One of a well-known septet |
| 26% | SEA | 3 | One of a well-known septet |
| 25% | OMEN | 4 | A shooting star might be thought of as a good one |
| 25% | CHARLOTTE | 9 | Villette was one of her novels: __ Bronte |
| 25% | SIERRA | 6 | Well known club that photographer Ansel Adams was a director of for 37 years (1934-71) |