| 100% | ARIEL | 5 | Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play |
| 72% | TIMON | 5 | Titular male Shakespeare character whose name also appears in a Disney film |
| 40% | OSRIC | 5 | Actor Chau whose name is also a character in "Hamlet" |
| 39% | PUCK | 4 | Character in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream also called Robin Goodfellow |
| 38% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that appears in a Shakespeare play's title |
| 37% | TIMON | 5 | Titular misanthrope in a Shakespeare play |
| 35% | PORTIA | 6 | Shakespeare character whose name sounds like a car |
| 35% | PUCK | 4 | Character in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream also called Robin Goodfellow |
| 35% | FALSTAFF | 8 | This character appears in four Shakespeare plays |
| 35% | PLUTO | 5 | Planet whose name is a Disney character |
| 35% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Disney character whose balloon first appeared in the 1934 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BLANCHE | 7 | ___ DuBois, lead female character in the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| 34% | TERMINATOR | 10 | "The ___," a 1984 film in which Arnold Schwarzenegger - whose birthday it is today - plays the titular character who is a cyborg assassin |
| 34% | BOOGALOO | 8 | Latin dance style whose name notably appears in a movie sequel |
| 33% | MACBETH | 7 | Shakespeare's play with a character named Banquo |
| 33% | ACE | 3 | Card whose name can also mean a person uninterested in romance |
| 33% | PEGASUS | 7 | Winged horse in Disney's "Hercules" whose name is also a 49-Across |
| 33% | PLUTO | 5 | Disney character who may have been named in 1931 for a newly discovered planet |
| 33% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 32% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 32% | GOOFY | 5 | Disney character whose name means "silly" |
| 32% | TWELFTH | 7 | & 13A William Shakespeare play performed in 1602 whose characters include Valentine and Curio |
| 32% | NALA | 4 | Disney character whose name comes from Swahili |
| 32% | TIMON | 5 | Athenian in a Shakespeare play |
| 32% | TEMPEST | 7 | Storm in a Shakespeare play |
| 32% | DIDST | 5 | Performed in a Shakespeare play? |
| 32% | ARIEL | 5 | Sprite in a Shakespeare play |
| 32% | EWES | 4 | Animals whose name sounds like a letter that doesn't appear in its name |
| 32% | TOTO | 4 | Male film character played by a female terrier named Terry |
| 32% | DARCY | 5 | Character whose first name, Fitzwilliam, is used only twice in the classic novel in which he appears |