| 100% | OLMANRIVER | 10 | Who "just keeps rollin' along" in a classic show tune |
| 41% | ANGIE | 5 | Title woman in a classic 1973 breakup tune |
| 41% | TREETOPS | 8 | They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tune |
| 41% | TEENAGE | 7 | Like the "wasteland" in a classic Who song |
| 41% | WINN | 4 | Anona —, Australian panellist on BBC Radio shows Petticoat Line and Just A Minute who died in 1994 |
| 40% | PUDDYTAT | 8 | Sighting in a classic Looney Tunes cartoon |
| 38% | LIESL | 5 | "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" girl, in a show tune |
| 38% | PAPA | 4 | Rollin' stone, in a Motown classic |
| 37% | BUDABBOTT | 9 | Comedian in a classic sketch who is asked, "Who's on first?" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GODOT | 5 | Character in a Samuel Beckett play who never shows up |
| 37% | BUTCHCASSIDY | 12 | Title character in a classic western film who asks, "Who are those guys?" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | MISSPIGGY | 9 | A puppet diva who starred in films and TV shows |
| 36% | TRUMAN | 6 | Whom "Dewey Defeats" in a classic Chicago Tribune headline |
| 36% | LISTENERS | 9 | Those who tune in to a radio broadcast |
| 36% | LASSIE | 6 | Collie who starred in a classic TV series |
| 36% | ADIEU | 5 | Word repeated before "to you and you and you," in a show tune |
| 35% | TUNER | 5 | Person who keeps a piano in good working condition |
| 35% | LENO | 4 | Jay who is a big name in talk shows |
| 35% | SHE | 3 | Harry Styles tune about a woman who "lives in daydreams" |
| 35% | DOROTHY | 7 | Traveler who picks up three companions in a classic film |
| 35% | GUIDE | 5 | A person in a museum who shows the visitors around |
| 35% | LORDBYRON | 9 | Poet who kept a bear in his Trinity College rooms |
| 34% | PAPA | 4 | Who "Was a Rollin' Stone" or "Got a Brand New Bag," in song |
| 34% | WHATSOPERADOC | 13 | Classic cartoon in which "Kill da wabbit" is sung to a Wagner tune |
| 34% | YOU | 3 | Whom 39-Down wants, in a classic poster |
| 34% | GEORGELOPEZ | 11 | Talk show host who plays a teacher in "Spare Parts": 2 wds. |
| 34% | MORDECAI | 8 | Animated blue jay seen in "Regular Show" who worked as a groundskeeper |
| 34% | BRIT | 4 | One who may keep a spare tyre in a boot |
| 34% | LOST | 4 | Sing along to this classic Pink Floyd song! "We're just two ___ souls swimming in a fishbowl..." |
| 33% | ROSECUT | 7 | In a classic form of diamond |