| 100% | ROVER | 5 | The —, stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers which premiered in 1677 |
| 87% | THEROVER | 8 | Stage play by Aphra Behn subtitled The Banish'd Cavaliers premiered in 1677 |
| 39% | SILVERTASSIE | 12 | The —, stage play by Sean O'Casey premiered in London in 1929 |
| 38% | THEROVER | 8 | Aphra Behn's play aka "The Banish'd Cavaliers" |
| 33% | LARK | 4 | The —, stage play by Jean Anouilh first performed in 1953 |
| 33% | STHELENA | 8 | Stage play by R C Sherriff that premiered in 1936 |
| 32% | MAGNIFICENCE | 12 | Stage play by Howard Brenton first produced at the Royal Court, London, in 1973 |
| 31% | OURTOWN | 7 | Play in which the Stage Manager is a character |
| 31% | HOOLIGAN | 8 | The —, 1911 one-act stage play by W S Gilbert subtitled A Character Study |
| 31% | KINGJOHN | 8 | The Life and Death of —, stage play by William Shakespeare first published in 1623 |
| 31% | NEO | 3 | Anagram of "one" which is the character played by Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" |
| 31% | GHOST | 5 | & 7A The —, 1924 stage play by Arnold Ridley first published in 1931 |
| 31% | MAIDOFTHE | 9 | & 11D The —, musical play by Harold Fraser-Simson, Harry Graham and others that premiered in 1916 |
| 30% | BLUE | 4 | & 15A The —, common title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger, Op 314, which premiered in 1867 |
| 29% | SWEENEYTODD | 11 | Barber played by Johnny Depp in the movie subtitled "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": 2 wds. |
| 29% | FROGS | 5 | The —, play by Aristophanes in which Dionysus descends to Hades in order to bring back Euripides |
| 29% | RUR | 3 | Karel Capek play premiered in 1921 which introduced the word robot to the English language |
| 28% | ASIDE | 5 | Remark in a stage play intended to be heard by the audience alone, not the other characters |
| 28% | AIMWELL | 7 | 1785 Derby winner named after a penniless rake in 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar |
| 28% | BLUEROOM | 8 | The —, 1998 stage play by David Hare |
| 28% | HOSTAGE | 7 | The —, 1958 stage play by Brendan Behan |
| 28% | KNACK | 5 | The —, 1961 stage play by Ann Jellicoe |
| 28% | SEA | 3 | The —, 1973 stage play by Edward Bond |
| 28% | KITCHEN | 7 | The —, 1959 stage play by Arnold Wesker |
| 28% | SKINGAME | 8 | The —, 1920 stage play by John Galsworthy |
| 28% | WEIR | 4 | The —, 1997 stage play by Conor McPherson |