| 100% | MONOLOGUE | 9 | Speech given by one character in a play |
| 59% | MONOLOGUE | 9 | A speech in a play given by a single person |
| 51% | BORAT | 5 | Titular comedic character in a satirical mockumentary, played by Sacha Baron Cohen |
| 48% | DRAMATISPERSONAE | 16 | Characters in a play, formally |
| 47% | MISSDAISY | 9 | Character played by Jessica Tandy in a 1989 movie |
| 47% | PROTAGONIST | 11 | Main character in a play |
| 46% | LOLITA | 6 | Character played by Sue Lyon in a 1962 Stanley Kubrick film |
| 46% | ROLE | 4 | A character in a play |
| 46% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in a sitcom about "nothing" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 45% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 45% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 45% | HERO | 4 | Principal character in a play, movie, novel or poem |
| 45% | HOOLIGAN | 8 | The —, 1911 one-act stage play by W S Gilbert subtitled A Character Study |
| 45% | DRWHO | 5 | Sci-fi classic with a main character played by 14 men and one woman |
| 44% | GEORGEBAILEY | 12 | Character played by 29-Across in "It's a Wonderful Life" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | STARRING | 8 | __ role, lead character in a film or play |
| 44% | GODOT | 5 | Unseen character in a Beckett play |
| 44% | AJAX | 4 | Title character in a Sophocles play |
| 44% | GODOT | 5 | Awaited character in a Beckett play |
| 44% | MIKEWHEELER | 11 | Played by Finn Wolfhard, character who is one of Will Byers' three friends in "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GODOT | 5 | Unseen title character in a Beckett play |
| 43% | GODOT | 5 | Unseen title character in a classic play |
| 43% | ANDOR | 5 | Title character played by Diego Luna in a "Star Wars" TV series |
| 43% | GODOT | 5 | Character in a Samuel Beckett play who never shows up |
| 42% | DAVIDSTARSKY | 12 | Character played by Ben Stiller in a 2004 comedy-crime film co-starring Owen Wilson as Ken Hutchinson |
| 42% | BORROWERS | 9 | Small characters in a book series by Mary Norton |
| 42% | ACTOR | 5 | Character representor in a play |
| 42% | TONY | 4 | ___ Stark, character played by Robert Downey Jr. in the "Iron Man" film series who sports a distinctive iconic goatee |
| 42% | MRPIM | 5 | Title character in an A. A. Milne play |