| 100% | ELAINE | 6 | Sitcom character whose idea for a muffin-top shop is stolen by her former boss |
| 30% | LAVERNE | 7 | Penny Marshall sitcom character whose top usually featured a monogrammed script "L" |
| 30% | AUNTEM | 6 | Literary character whose house is uprooted by a tornado |
| 29% | LOCALTRAIN | 10 | Option for a subway commuter whose stop is skipped by the express |
| 29% | ELAINE | 6 | "Seinfeld" character who co-owned a muffin top shop |
| 28% | ALF | 3 | 1980s sitcom whose lead character was a furry puppet |
| 28% | ELAINE | 6 | Sitcom character whose dancing is described as "a full-body dry heave" |
| 28% | MISTERED | 8 | 1960s US television sitcom whose title character is a talking horse |
| 28% | CRUELLA | 7 | Disney-reboot title character whose mother is pushed off a cliff by a pack of Dalmatians |
| 28% | MRKITE | 6 | Character for whose benefit there will be a show tonight, in a Beatles song |
| 28% | SEINFELD | 8 | Sitcom whose four main characters are convicted of a crime in the final episode |
| 27% | RIGOLETTO | 9 | 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi whose title character is a court jester |
| 27% | NONSTOP | 7 | 2018 Drake top 10 single whose title is a synonym for "uninterrupted" |
| 27% | FRASIER | 7 | Sitcom character whose agent is Bebe Glazer |
| 27% | ROAR | 4 | A 2013 single by Katy Perry from her album, "Prism," that was nominated for two Grammys |
| 27% | DUSTINDIAMOND | 13 | "Saved by the Bell" actor whose surname is a place for baseball: 2 wds. |
| 26% | THEGOLDENGIRLS | 14 | 1985-1992 sitcom whose theme song began "Thank you for being a friend ...": 3 wds. |
| 26% | BORDERTOWN | 10 | A 2006 film starring Jennifer Lopez, in which Martin Sheen - whose birthday it is today - plays her character's boss |
| 26% | BASE | 4 | It might be stolen by a runner |
| 26% | PINGU | 5 | Animated television series conceived by Otmar Gutmann and Harald Muecke whose title character is a penguin |
| 26% | GOLDENCALF | 10 | Biblical idol ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 26% | FIRSTRESPONDER | 14 | Emergency worker ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 26% | BUSSYDAMBOIS | 12 | Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16th-century French nobleman |
| 26% | WITHOUTYOU | 10 | 2020 song by the Kid Laroi whose remix was a top 10 hit in 2021: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MORTICIA | 8 | 60's sitcom character whose maiden name was Frump |
| 25% | TILIKISSEDYOU | 13 | 1959 Top 10 hit for the Everly Brothers whose B-side is "Oh, What a Feeling" (4 wds.) |
| 25% | ALOHASHIRT | 10 | Article of tropical apparel ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 25% | BAYMARE | 7 | Secretariat's mother, for one ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 25% | SHOWMETHEMONEY | 14 | Catchphrase shouted in "Jerry Maguire" ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 25% | RON | 3 | Character whose patronus is a Jack Russell terrier |