| 100% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison title character who lives in the Bottom |
| 59% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison title character from a neighborhood called the Bottom |
| 52% | EEYORE | 6 | Literary character who lives in the Gloomy Place |
| 51% | DRSTRANGE | 9 | Comic-book character who lives in the Sanctum Sanctorum |
| 51% | ELOISE | 6 | Kid-lit character who lives in the Plaza Hotel |
| 50% | SPONGEBOB | 9 | Character who lives in a pineapple under the sea |
| 50% | ABE | 3 | "The Simpsons" character who lives in the Springfield Retirement Castle |
| 47% | GODOT | 5 | Beckett title character who is not in the cast |
| 45% | VITOCORLEONE | 12 | Character who has the title role in 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | YUBA | 4 | Rhyming title character who plays the tuba in Cuba, in a Rudy Vallee song |
| 44% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespeare title character who says, “My mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” |
| 43% | SULA | 4 | Toni Morrison novel set in the Bottom |
| 43% | MARLEYSGHOST | 12 | Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| 43% | MARLEYSGHOST | 12 | Dickens character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" |
| 42% | CALVIN | 6 | Comics title character who says "Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery" |
| 42% | SULA | 4 | 1973 Toni Morrison title character |
| 42% | MOLEWOMAN | 9 | Lady who lives in the shadows |
| 42% | LOCAL | 5 | Person who lives in the area |
| 42% | LINUS | 5 | Comics character who said "Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life" |
| 42% | LOCALS | 6 | People who live in the area |
| 41% | IOWAN | 5 | Person who lives in the Hawkeye State |
| 41% | POPE | 4 | Religious leader who lives in the Vatican |
| 41% | PRESIDENT | 9 | Officeholder who lives in the White House |
| 41% | BEE | 3 | Honey maker who lives in the hive |
| 41% | WOMBLE | 6 | A children's character who lives in Wimbledon |
| 41% | OWL | 3 | Bird who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood |
| 41% | AQUAMAN | 7 | DC Comics superhero who lives in the sea |
| 41% | ASTRO | 5 | Cartoon dog who lives in the Skypad Apartments |
| 41% | YORKER | 6 | New ___: one who lives in the Empire State |
| 41% | POOH | 4 | Bear who lives in the Hundred Acre Wood |