| 100% | TIMON | 5 | Titular misanthrope in a Shakespeare play |
| 64% | ETTU | 4 | Dying words in a Shakespeare play |
| 64% | LEAR | 4 | Title king in a Shakespeare play |
| 64% | ARDEN | 5 | French forest in a Shakespeare play |
| 62% | TIMON | 5 | Athenian in a Shakespeare play |
| 62% | TEMPEST | 7 | Storm in a Shakespeare play |
| 62% | DIDST | 5 | Performed in a Shakespeare play? |
| 62% | ARIEL | 5 | Sprite in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's love, in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | HAMLET | 6 | Prince of Denmark in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | CRESSIDA | 8 | Lover of Troilus in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | ACT | 3 | One of five in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | HAMLET | 6 | Skull-wielding prince in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | ACTI | 4 | First of five in a Shakespeare play |
| 60% | ROMEO | 5 | Juliet's love in a Shakespeare play |
| 59% | ANTONY | 6 | Titular lover in a Shakespeare tragedy |
| 59% | TEMPEST | 7 | Event conjured up by Prospero in a Shakespeare play |
| 58% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 58% | LEAR | 4 | Father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia, in a Shakespeare play |
| 57% | ADO | 3 | Word meaning "commotion" that appears in a Shakespeare play's title |
| 57% | FIE | 3 | Disapproving cry in a Shakespeare's play |
| 57% | ARIEL | 5 | Titular female Disney character whose name also appears in a Shakespeare play |
| 56% | ROMEO | 5 | 48-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 56% | JULIET | 6 | 45-Across's partner in a Shakespeare play about lovers from rival families |
| 55% | SOFTA | 5 | "Upon so ___ subject as myself!" (Juliet's line in a Shakespeare play): 2 wds. |
| 50% | RICHARDII | 9 | A history Shakespeare play written in verse |
| 50% | SNUG | 4 | Joiner in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 49% | SERVANT | 7 | Minor role in many a Shakespeare play |
| 48% | ACTIV | 5 | Penultimate part of a Shakespeare play |
| 48% | LEAR | 4 | Mad king from a Shakespeare play |