| 100% | SPIKE | 5 | White-haired vampire friend of 47-Across played by James Marsters |
| 65% | ANGEL | 5 | Cursed vampire friend of 47-Across played by David Boreanaz |
| 53% | XANDERHARRIS | 12 | Geeky friend of 47-Across played by Nicholas Brendon (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MIKEWHEELER | 11 | Played by Finn Wolfhard, character who is one of Will Byers' three friends in "Stranger Things": 2 wds. |
| 31% | GLEN | 4 | Relative of 47 Across |
| 31% | ARTS | 4 | Part of 47 Across |
| 31% | OIL | 3 | Part of 47 Across |
| 31% | SONNY | 5 | Corleone played by James Caan |
| 31% | TONY | 4 | Soprano played by James Gandolfini |
| 31% | NERO | 4 | Role played by 52-Across in "The Story of Mankind" |
| 30% | ROCKFORD | 8 | Detective Jim__, played by James Garner |
| 30% | DWARF | 5 | Friend of Snow White |
| 30% | SNEEZY | 6 | Friend of Snow White |
| 30% | EEYORE | 6 | Friend of 33 Across |
| 30% | DWARFS | 6 | Friends of Snow White |
| 30% | DRWATSON | 8 | Holmes' assistant, played by 29-Across on 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | DWIGHTSCHRUTE | 13 | A character from "The Office" played by Rainn Wilson, who is the nemesis and eventual friend of 42a: 2 wds |
| 29% | EARP | 4 | Lawman played by James Garner and Kevin Costner |
| 29% | EBENEZER | 8 | Scrooge played by 30-Across in the 1984 version of "A Christmas Carol" |
| 29% | EARP | 4 | Lawman Wyatt played by James Garner and Kevin Costner |
| 29% | BACCARAT | 8 | Casino game played by James Bond in a novel |
| 29% | DAWSON | 6 | The teen character played by James Van Der Beek |
| 29% | GUNTHER | 7 | The famous barista in Central Perk who speaks Dutch and English, played by James Michael Tyler in "Friends" |
| 29% | IGUANA | 6 | Play by Tennessee Williams, Night of the __ |
| 29% | DOC | 3 | Bespectacled friend of Snow White |
| 29% | BERNIEMADOFF | 12 | Disgraced former financier played by 17-Across in "The Wizard of Lies": 2 wds. |
| 29% | STARRCARTER | 11 | Character played by Amandla Stenberg in the movie adaptation of 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SUGARPLUMFAIRY | 14 | Role played by 16-Across in a 1954 production of "The Nutcracker": 3 wds. |
| 29% | DAEMON | 6 | Prince played by 15-Across in the HBO fantasy series "House of the Dragon" |
| 28% | ULTRON | 6 | Supervillain played by James Spader in the second Avengers movie |