| 100% | SOLILOQUY | 9 | Speaking aloud a character's thoughts on stage |
| 46% | ENACT | 5 | Play a character on stage |
| 45% | ASIDE | 5 | Spoken thought, on stage |
| 45% | SOLILOQUY | 9 | Speaking one's thoughts out loud, on stage |
| 45% | ACT | 3 | Play a character on stage or screen |
| 43% | ACT | 3 | Step into character, on a stage |
| 40% | GOOGLETIME | 10 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Friday |
| 40% | WHATINHELL | 10 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Thursday |
| 40% | IDLIKESOMEHINTS | 15 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Wednesday |
| 40% | WISHMELUCK | 10 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Tuesday |
| 40% | IVEGOTTHIS | 10 | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Monday |
| 39% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character on HBO's "Euphoria" |
| 39% | MRBILL | 6 | Clay character on S.N.L. with a girlfriend named Miss Sally |
| 37% | ERDOCTOR | 8 | Many a character on "Grey's Anatomy," for short (2 wds.) |
| 36% | CUE | 3 | Actor's prompt on a stage |
| 35% | SCENERY | 7 | What's behind the actors on a theatrical stage |
| 35% | AMP | 3 | Guitarist's speaker on a stage, for short |
| 35% | TEEN | 4 | Many a character on "Euphoria" |
| 35% | SPY | 3 | Many a character on Apple TV+'s "Slow Horses" or Netflix's "Black Doves" |
| 35% | ELMO | 4 | Character who's been a regular on "Sesame Street" since the 1980s |
| 35% | SPACE | 5 | Character that's entered via the longest key on a computer keyboard |
| 35% | DRS | 3 | A majority of the characters on TV's "St. Elsewhere," in brief |
| 35% | MCDREAMY | 8 | Nickname for a swoon-worthy character on "Grey's Anatomy" |
| 34% | SPY | 3 | Many a character on "The Americans" |
| 34% | MAFIOSO | 7 | Many a character on "The Sopranos" |
| 34% | KGBSPY | 6 | Many a character on “The Americans” |
| 34% | ORATE | 5 | Speak from a stage |
| 34% | EARNEST | 7 | Donald Glover's character on "Atlanta," or a word meaning "sincere" |
| 34% | ITSPAT | 6 | 1994 flop based on a Julia Sweeney “S.N.L.” character |
| 34% | READINGS | 8 | Texts spoken aloud at a wedding ceremony |