| 100% | HORATIO | 7 | Speaker of the line in 40-Down |
| 65% | YODA | 4 | Speaker of the line “Powerful you have become, Dooku. The dark side I sense in you” |
| 64% | WONKA | 5 | Speaker of the line "You know, no other factory in the world mixes its chocolate by waterfall" |
| 64% | MACBETH | 7 | Speaker of the line "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow / Creeps in this petty pace from day to day" |
| 58% | LAERTES | 7 | Speaker of the line "Hamlet, thou art slain" |
| 57% | YODA | 4 | Speaker of the 48-Across line |
| 57% | SANTA | 5 | Speaker of the cheer in question |
| 56% | DRACULA | 7 | Speaker of the line "Listen to them - the children of the night" |
| 56% | CAESAR | 6 | Speaker of the line "He thinks too much: such men are dangerous" |
| 55% | MCCARTHY | 8 | Speaker of the House starting in January 2023 |
| 55% | LEIA | 4 | Speaker of the line "Why you stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherder!" |
| 55% | IAGO | 4 | Speaker of the line "I follow him to serve my turn upon him" |
| 54% | LEIA | 4 | Speaker of the line "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" |
| 54% | LEIA | 4 | Speaker of the line "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope" |
| 54% | TINYTIM | 7 | Speaker of the words in the circled squares, expressed literally |
| 54% | TINYTIM | 7 | Speaker of the words in the shaded squares, expressed literally |
| 53% | TORSO | 5 | Line in the game of hangman |
| 53% | ELVES | 5 | Speakers of the language Sindarin in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 53% | PLATO | 5 | Speaker of the quote found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 53% | TARA | 4 | Home of the 40 Down |
| 51% | RAY | 3 | Line in a kid's drawing of the Sun |
| 51% | RAY | 3 | Line in a child's drawing of the sun |
| 51% | WONK | 4 | Expert in the policy of 60 Down |
| 51% | HAMLET | 6 | Speaker of the quote that's found in the middle of the starred answers |
| 51% | ACRE | 4 | One of the 40 in "the back 40" |
| 50% | TRIS | 4 | Speaker in the Hall of Fame |
| 50% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 50% | NINAS | 5 | 16 of these are hidden in the answer grid, each reading left, right, up, down or diagonally in an unbroken straight line |
| 50% | HAMLET | 6 | Source of the line "Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go" |
| 50% | SEAM | 4 | Line down the length of a skirt |