| 100% | ELEANOR | 7 | Rigby who "waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" |
| 98% | BETHMARCH | 9 | Character who dies at the end of "Little Women" |
| 97% | PETERCOTTONTAIL | 15 | Song character who comes "down the bunny trail" |
| 96% | EGON | 4 | Character who dies at the beginning of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (spoiler alert) |
| 94% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Cartoon character who works at the Krusty Krab |
| 93% | YODA | 4 | Character who died at the age of 900 in "Return of the Jedi" |
| 93% | ELSA | 4 | Character who sings the Disney song "Let It Go" |
| 92% | RICO | 4 | Character who "went a bit too far" at the Copa |
| 91% | ZORBA | 5 | Character who dances on the beach at Stavros |
| 89% | ABE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who lives at the Springfield Retirement Castle |
| 89% | LINUS | 5 | "Peanuts" character who spends Halloween waiting for the Great Pumpkin |
| 88% | AMELIE | 6 | Title movie character who works at the Café des 2 Moulins |
| 87% | YODA | 4 | "Star Wars" character who died at the age of 900 |
| 85% | PAC | 3 | ___-Man, famous arcade game character who is associated with the color at 42a |
| 84% | YUBA | 4 | Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song |
| 83% | ELOISE | 6 | Children's-book character who lives at the Plaza Hotel |
| 82% | IDLES | 5 | Waits at the stoplight |
| 82% | IDLE | 4 | Wait at the light |
| 81% | IDLES | 5 | Waits at the drive-thru |
| 81% | HOMER | 5 | Character on The Simpsons who bets against his daughter Lisa at a crossword tournament |
| 81% | INLINE | 6 | Waiting at the bank, say |
| 81% | CARHOP | 6 | Wait at the drive-in? |
| 80% | NEMO | 4 | Film character who spends most of the movie in the waiting room of a dentist's office |
| 80% | IDLES | 5 | Waits at the drive-thru, say |
| 79% | EON | 3 | Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, say |
| 78% | MARIAHCAREY | 11 | Pop star who performed and cowrote the song at 19-/33-Across: 2 wds. |
| 78% | CAB | 3 | One waiting at the airport? |
| 78% | CAB | 3 | One waiting at the airport |
| 78% | JILTS | 5 | Leaves waiting at the altar |
| 78% | ANDY | 4 | ___ Dwyer, "Parks and Recreation" character who becomes Santa at the Winter Wonderland event, spreading holiday cheer amidst the chaos |