| 100% | BOTT | 4 | Violet Elizabeth —, character in the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton |
| 36% | THEGOLDBUG | 10 | Short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843 whose central character is William Legrand |
| 35% | REMO | 4 | ___ Williams, character played by Fred Ward in an action movie by the same name |
| 35% | GIANT | 5 | Character in the "Jack and the Beanstalk" story |
| 33% | WIZARD | 6 | In the story, Oz is run by one |
| 32% | BRADBELLICK | 11 | Character played by Wade Williams who is introduced as the captain of Fox River's correctional officers in "Prison Break": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROMEO | 5 | Shakespeare character in the lyrics of Taylor Swift's "Love Story" |
| 32% | HEART | 5 | & 25A Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| 32% | OMAR | 4 | Character played by Michael K. Williams in “The Wire” |
| 32% | PUCK | 4 | Character in the William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream also called Robin Goodfellow |
| 31% | BRER | 4 | & 20D Gullible character in the Uncle Remus folk tales compiled by Joel Chandler Harris |
| 31% | ANTONIO | 7 | Title character in William Shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice |
| 31% | JAMESKIRK | 9 | The Star Trek character played by William Shatner |
| 30% | ECCLES | 6 | Character in BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show voiced by Spike Milligan |
| 30% | RUE | 3 | "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" (short story by Edgar Allan Poe) |
| 30% | RUE | 3 | "The Murders in the ___ Morgue," short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 30% | OMAR | 4 | Character on The Wire played by Michael K. Williams |
| 30% | PLUM | 4 | Fruit in the William Carlos Williams poem "This Is Just to Say" |
| 30% | DESDEMONA | 9 | Wife of Othello in the play of that name by William Shakespeare |
| 30% | MADLIB | 6 | Story with blanks to be filled in by the reader |
| 30% | PETULENGRO | 10 | Jasper —, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro |
| 29% | OMAR | 4 | Character played by the late Michael K. Williams on "The Wire" |
| 29% | SWANN | 5 | Elizabeth ___, "Pirates of the Caribbean" character played by Keira Knightley |
| 29% | SALESMEN | 8 | The main characters in "Glengarry Glen Ross," by trade |
| 29% | BOROMIR | 7 | Character in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy played by Sean Bean |
| 29% | CRUN | 4 | Henry —, character in BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show voiced by Peter Sellers |