| 100% | ESTELLA | 7 | She was a pip to Pip in "Great Expectations" |
| 56% | PANDORA | 7 | In mythology she is linked to a box |
| 55% | MARIAELENA | 10 | She was "the answer to a prayer" in a 1941 #1 Jimmy Dorsey hit |
| 55% | ALSO | 4 | "She is a singer and ___ a great orator." (in addition to) |
| 54% | MARIA | 5 | She's a problem that needs to be solved, in song |
| 52% | AGORAHILLS | 10 | 2023 Doja Cat hit whose title is a tribute to a town she lived in: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MYRTLEWILSON | 12 | She is killed in a hit-and-run accident in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 51% | QUEENIE | 7 | She's "too cute to be a minute over 17" in a Chuck Berry song |
| 49% | STREISAND | 9 | She was a Woman in Love |
| 48% | OPEN | 4 | Is in a position to let in |
| 48% | BREAKFAST | 9 | Meal that might be a treat to have in bed |
| 48% | EADIE | 5 | She was a lady in a 1932 tune |
| 48% | ANTED | 5 | Showed a desire to be in |
| 47% | ALSO | 4 | "John is a singer and ___ a great actor" (in addition to) |
| 47% | ONO | 3 | She was part of a "bed in" for peace |
| 47% | PATNIXON | 8 | She sings the aria “This is prophetic,” in a John Adams opera about a diplomatic trip to China |
| 47% | ABET | 4 | Be an accessory to, in a heist |
| 47% | IDEA | 4 | Using a CFL bulb to represent one of these instead of an incandescent bulb might be a great one in itself! |
| 46% | MAGGIENELSON | 12 | Her 2009 book opens, “Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color” |
| 46% | KNOTS | 5 | Bad thing for a stomach to be in |
| 46% | RAREFORM | 8 | Good state for a performer to be in |
| 46% | HELEN | 5 | Mirren who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in “Catherine the Great” (January, 2020) |
| 46% | EWE | 3 | She used to be a little lamb |
| 45% | LOLA | 4 | "Her name was ___, she was a showgirl" (lyric in Barry Manilow's "Copacabana") |
| 45% | BESSIE | 6 | __ Lee, maid to Jane Eyre when she is a child |
| 45% | PHILOMELA | 9 | In myth she was changed into a nightingale |
| 45% | AURA | 4 | In myth she was turned into a spring |
| 45% | APR | 3 | Great time to be a tax whiz, briefly |
| 45% | ESTELLA | 7 | Pip's love in "Great Expectations" |
| 45% | LOT | 3 | "That is a __ to take in" |