| 100% | LORAX | 5 | Title Seuss character, with "the" |
| 80% | BORAT | 5 | Title film character with the catchphrase "Very nice!" |
| 74% | ZAX | 3 | Stubborn Seuss character, with "the" |
| 74% | LORAX | 5 | Environmental Seuss character, with "the" |
| 74% | THEBLACKPANTHER | 15 | Comic book character with the title role in a blockbuster 2018 film |
| 71% | MAUDE | 5 | 1970s sitcom that ended with the title character in Congress |
| 69% | IAGO | 4 | Villain with more lines than the title character |
| 68% | TAR | 3 | 2022 movie that ends with the title character conducting a Monster Hunter concert |
| 68% | OCTOPUSSY | 9 | Bond film with Maud Adams as the title character |
| 68% | IAGO | 4 | Shakespeare villain with more lines than the title character |
| 68% | IAGO | 4 | Shakespearean role with more lines than the title character |
| 67% | NOAH | 4 | 2014 biblical movie with Russell Crowe as the title character |
| 65% | KATEY | 5 | With 35-Across, "Sons of Anarchy" actress who plays the title character in "Rebel" |
| 65% | ALIG | 4 | Character with the tagline "Booyakasha!" |
| 65% | ALIG | 4 | Character with the catchphrase “Booyakasha!” |
| 63% | THELORAX | 8 | Title Seuss character who speaks for trees |
| 63% | ALF | 3 | TV series from the 80s with a friendly extraterrestrial creature playing the title character |
| 62% | SCARLET | 7 | Character with the red piece in Clue, Miss __ |
| 62% | LEIA | 4 | Character with the final line in “Rogue One” |
| 62% | CINDERELLA | 10 | 2015 movie version of a classic fairy tale, with 15-Across as the title character |
| 62% | ALIG | 4 | TV character with the catchphrase "Booyakasha!" |
| 62% | DAGWOOD | 7 | Comics character with the dog Daisy |
| 61% | SIXWEEKS | 8 | With 33-Across, what is forecast if the title character in 14-Across sees his shadow: 2 wds. |
| 61% | SAMIAM | 6 | Dr. Seuss character with a red hat |
| 61% | LORAX | 5 | Dr. Seuss character with an ecological warning |
| 61% | ALIBABA | 7 | Fictional character with the female slave Morgiana |
| 61% | UNCLELEO | 8 | "Seinfeld" character with the catchphrase "Jerry! Hello!" |
| 61% | MOE | 3 | TV character with the last name Szyslak |
| 61% | BENDER | 6 | Futurama character with the last name Rodríguez |
| 61% | NELSON | 6 | Simpsons character with the catchphrase "Ha, ha" |