| 100% | DREAMER | 7 | Someone who fantasizes a lot, like the title character of 15-/47-Across |
| 51% | MORRISCHESTNUT | 14 | Actor who plays the title character of 47-Across in a CBS series that premiered in January: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CLEVELAND | 9 | Neighbor of the Griffins on 15-Across who became the title character of a spinoff series |
| 45% | LOLA | 4 | Title character of song who "walks like a woman and talks like a man" |
| 45% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone who says, “I have a code”? |
| 44% | BEN | 3 | Actor Gazzara who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1975 film |
| 44% | ROD | 3 | Actor Steiger who played the title role of 15-Across in a 1959 biopic |
| 44% | AMORAL | 6 | Like the title character of Camus’s “The Stranger” |
| 43% | STORYTELLER | 11 | Someone who narrates a fairy tale ... or the title of Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| 42% | FRANFINE | 8 | Title character of 15-Across, whose first name is shared by actress Drescher who plays her: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CALVIN | 6 | Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" |
| 41% | NEEDY | 5 | Someone who requires a lot of attention |
| 40% | MARS | 4 | Whence the title character of “Stranger in a Strange Land” |
| 40% | SOCIALITE | 9 | Someone who attends a lot of social events |
| 40% | BEACHBUM | 8 | Someone who spends a lot of time baking? |
| 40% | DIEGO | 5 | Title character of a "Dora the Explorer" spinoff |
| 40% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Title character whom 15-Across chauffeured around in a 1989 film: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAMESMCAVOY | 11 | "X-Men: Apocalypse" star who played the title character of 28-Across in a 2015 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HOT | 3 | Like someone for whom a lot of people might swipe right on Tinder |
| 39% | GARFIELD | 8 | Fictional lasagna-loving cat who is the title character of a comic strip |
| 39% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DEEP | 4 | Like the 15-foot end of a pool |
| 38% | GATSBY | 6 | Title character of classic American literature who is obsessed with a green light |
| 38% | NELSON | 6 | Lee ___, a fictional character created by comedian Simon Brodkin who has pranked the likes of Theresa May and Kanye West |
| 38% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone who's stuffed up |
| 38% | AGNOSTIC | 8 | Someone who doubts the existence of a higher being |
| 38% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone with a cold, often |
| 38% | ELF | 3 | 2003 film in which the title character exclaims "Son of a nutcracker!" |
| 38% | SPY | 3 | Someone who seems to possess a lot of hidden intelligence? |