| 100% | HOOLIGAN | 8 | The —, 1911 one-act stage play by W S Gilbert subtitled A Character Study |
| 34% | THEBLACKS | 9 | 1959 stage play by Jean Genet subtitled A Clown Show |
| 34% | RHINOCEROS | 10 | 1959 stage play by Eugene Ionesco featuring the character Berenger |
| 34% | THEROVER | 8 | Stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers premiered in 1677 |
| 33% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 33% | THECAMP | 7 | 1778 stage play by R B Sheridan subtitled A Musical Entertainment |
| 32% | STEEL | 5 | & 24A 1987 stage play by Robert Harling featuring the characters Truvy, Claire and Shelby |
| 32% | MRPIM | 5 | A.A. Milne's play "___ Passes By" starring a title character with the first name of Carraway |
| 32% | PLAY | 4 | Stage play in one act by Samuel Beckett first performed in English in 1964 |
| 31% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 31% | MONOLOGUE | 9 | Speech given by one character in a play |
| 31% | BUSSYDAMBOIS | 12 | Jacobean stage play by George Chapman whose title character is based on a 16th-century French nobleman |
| 31% | MADAME | 6 | & 24A 1900 one-act play by David Belasco subtitled A Tragedy of Japan |
| 31% | THECONSTANT | 11 | 1926 stage play by W Somerset Maugham whose central character is Constance Middleton |
| 31% | THESTRONGER | 11 | 1889 one-act stage play by August Strindberg |
| 31% | BLACKCOMEDY | 11 | 1965 one-act stage play by Peter Shaffer |
| 31% | JIMHALPERT | 10 | A character from "The Office" played by John Krasinski, who eventually marries the receptionist Pam: 2 wds |
| 30% | BAB | 3 | The — Ballads, 1868 volume of verse by W S Gilbert |
| 30% | ALCHEMIST | 9 | The —, 1610 stage play by Ben Jonson featuring the character Dol Common |
| 30% | ROVER | 5 | The —, stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers which premiered in 1677 |
| 30% | AUTODAFE | 8 | One-act stage play by Tennessee Williams first produced in New York in 1947 |
| 29% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 29% | SAL | 3 | ___ Tessio, a character from "The Godfather," played by Abe Vigoda |
| 29% | FURIO | 5 | ___ Giunta, a character played by Federico Castelluccio on "The Sopranos" |
| 29% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |
| 29% | THING | 5 | "Wednesday" character played by the hand of Victor Dorobantu, a professional magician |