| 100% | VIENNAWOODS | 11 | Tales from the —, waltz by Johann Strauss II composed in 1868 |
| 50% | DANUBE | 6 | The Blue __, popular waltz by Johann Strauss II |
| 38% | BLUE | 4 | & 15A The —, common title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger, Op 314, which premiered in 1867 |
| 35% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 34% | BEAUTY | 6 | Sleeping ___, character from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 34% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel, characters from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 31% | STRAUSS | 7 | Johann, composer of Tales from the Vienna Woods |
| 30% | LAZARUS | 7 | Raised from the dead by Jesus in the New Testament |
| 30% | MRPLOD | 6 | Policeman in the Noddy tales by Enid Blyton |
| 30% | WAIT | 4 | "___ For It," song from the 2015 musical "Hamilton" composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 30% | EINE | 4 | "Tausend und ___ Nacht" (Johann Strauss II waltz) |
| 30% | AXIS | 4 | Group fought by the Allies in World War II |
| 29% | PRIME | 5 | Optimus ___, robot from the "Transformers" franchise, voiced by Peter Cullen in the original animated series |
| 29% | DTEN | 4 | Tank gun first produced by the Soviets in W.W. II |
| 29% | BRUNO | 5 | "We Don't Talk About ___," song from the 2021 film "Encanto" composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 29% | DUDDON | 6 | "Sonnets from the River ___: After-Thought," poem by William Wordsworth dedicated to the river in England |
| 28% | THETABARD | 9 | Inn in Southwark, London, mentioned in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 28% | OGRE | 4 | Beast eaten by the cat in the fairy tale "Puss in Boots" |
| 28% | SAMOS | 5 | Island in the Aegean Sea separated from Turkey by the Mycale Strait |
| 28% | ROSES | 5 | "Days of Wine and ___," song from the 1962 film of the same name composed by Henry Mancini |
| 28% | GANDALF | 7 | Fictional wizard from "The Lord of the Rings" played by Ian McKellen in the movies |
| 28% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 28% | COVENTRY | 8 | Cathedral city in the West Midlands devastated by bombing in World War II |
| 28% | RASHIDATLAIB | 12 | Congresswoman temporarily barred by Israel from visiting her grandmother in the West Bank |
| 28% | EVESDIARY | 9 | Mark Twain tale narrated in the first person by a noted first woman |
| 28% | DANUBE | 6 | Inspiration for Johann Strauss II |
| 28% | BAGGINS | 7 | Frodo ___, fictional character from "The Lord of the Rings" played by Elijah Wood in the movies |
| 28% | TONIGHT | 7 | "___ The Heartache's on Me," song from 14a by The Chicks, which released in 1999 |