| 100% | BETTYCOOPER | 11 | The sweet, blonde girl next door character from "Riverdale," who serves as a protagonist and is played by Lili Reinhart |
| 38% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 36% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HANSEL | 6 | ___ and Gretel, characters from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who are seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 32% | ALFIESOLOMONS | 13 | "Peaky Blinders" character, played by Tom Hardy, who ran a distillery and was seen on the show from season 2 till 4: 2 wds. |
| 30% | HOLMES | 6 | Sherlock ___, character from the eponymous series played by Benedict Cumberbatch who has a perfect poker face |
| 30% | BEAUTY | 6 | Sleeping ___, character from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 30% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Harper, character from the series "Two and a Half Men" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | BUTTERSSTOTCH | 13 | Character from "South Park," who is 43-Across's friend and is the sweet guy of the bunch: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 30% | VELMA | 5 | ___ Dinkley, TV character from "Scooby-Doo" who is extremely smart and is seen as the "brains" of the group |
| 30% | JIMHALPERT | 10 | A character from "The Office" played by John Krasinski, who eventually marries the receptionist Pam: 2 wds |
| 30% | BETTYCOOPER | 11 | Comics character played by Lili Reinhart on The CW's "Riverdale" (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ALLY | 4 | Calista Flockhart's much loved character from a legal comedy-drama who is a lawyer at the fictional firm "Cage and Fish" |
| 29% | NEWMAN | 6 | Jerry's archnemesis and neighbor played by Wayne Knight who is a recurring character on "Seinfeld" |
| 28% | UGLY | 4 | The ___ Duckling, character from a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 28% | COSMOKRAMER | 11 | Character played by Michael Richards in "Seinfeld", who is 32-Across's neighbor and is often called a "hipster doofus": 2 wds. |
| 28% | BRADBELLICK | 11 | Character played by Wade Williams who is introduced as the captain of Fox River's correctional officers in "Prison Break": 2 wds. |
| 27% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 27% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author of “Let Us Descend,” about Annis, a enslaved girl who is separated from her mother and sold by her white father (October, 2023) |
| 27% | FREDANDREWS | 11 | A "Riverdale" character who is the father of 31a, played by actor Luke Perry: 2 wds |
| 27% | DONNA | 5 | The girl next door and Eric Forman's love interest from "That 70s Show" |
| 27% | HANNIBAL | 8 | Horror thriller TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic psychiatrist and cannibal played by Mads Mikkelsen |
| 27% | NANCYPELOSI | 11 | Democratic congresswoman who served as Speaker of the House from 2007-2011 and 2019-2023: 2 wds. |
| 27% | YORK | 4 | Charlotte ___, character from "Sex and the City" who's a known neat freak |
| 27% | ROTTEN | 6 | Robbie ___, character from the series "LazyTown" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 27% | JOEY | 4 | ___ Tribbiani, character from the series "Friends" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 26% | PUSS | 4 | ___ in Boots, character from a fairy tale who is seen in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 26% | HOOK | 4 | Captain ___, popular character from "Peter Pan" who was a villain in the "Shrek" franchise |