| 100% | BADNEWS | 7 | The bearer of __; messenger of doom |
| 58% | BEARER | 6 | __ of bad news; messenger of doom |
| 57% | LEX | 3 | Luthor in the Legion of Doom |
| 56% | ARK | 3 | Bearer of the Commandments |
| 56% | ATLAS | 5 | Bearer of the heavens |
| 56% | HERMES | 6 | Messenger of the gods |
| 55% | MUHAMMAD | 8 | The last messenger of Allah |
| 55% | HERMES | 6 | Messenger of the Greek gods |
| 55% | TEMPLE | 6 | "Indiana Jones and the ___ of Doom" |
| 55% | ATLAS | 5 | Bearer of the heavens, in myth |
| 55% | ATLAS | 5 | Bearer of the sky, in myth |
| 54% | IRIS | 4 | Messenger of the gods, in the "IIiad" |
| 54% | ATLAS | 5 | Bearer of the heavens, in Greek myth |
| 54% | MERCURY | 7 | Messenger of the gods in Roman mythology |
| 53% | HERMES | 6 | Greek messenger of the gods |
| 53% | MAGI | 4 | Gift bearers of the Bible |
| 53% | HORSEMEN | 8 | Four __, messengers of the Apocalypse |
| 53% | TEMPLE | 6 | The 1984 Indiana Jones film, the __ of Doom |
| 53% | TURTLE | 6 | Bearer of the earth in Iroquois creation stories |
| 52% | UBOAT | 5 | Source of doom for the 17-Across |
| 51% | MERCURY | 7 | Roman messenger of the gods with winged sandals |
| 51% | GOLLUM | 6 | "The Lord of the Rings" ring bearer |
| 51% | FRODO | 5 | "The Lord of the Rings" ring bearer |
| 50% | CAPSHAW | 7 | Kate of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" |
| 50% | RNARAMPAGE | 10 | The wild spree of a cellular messenger? |
| 50% | BANQUO | 6 | The doomed Thane of Lochaber in Macbeth |
| 49% | ORESTES | 7 | Protagonist of The Libation Bearers |
| 49% | JONES | 5 | "Indiana ___ and the Temple of Doom," 1984 action-adventure film |
| 49% | FRODO | 5 | Ring bearer in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 48% | OBI | 3 | Club ___ Wan (where "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" opens) |