| 100% | SONYA | 5 | Whom Raskolnikov confesses his crime to in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 47% | SONYA | 5 | Raskolnikov's love in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 47% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g. |
| 47% | SONYA | 5 | Raskolnikov's lover in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 41% | METROSEXUAL | 11 | In modern lingo, an urban male who devotes much time to his appearance and lifestyle |
| 40% | PENALCODE | 9 | Laws relating to crime and punishment |
| 40% | NEMO | 4 | Disney's clownfish who is lost in the ocean and trying to reunite with his father |
| 39% | CHEKHOV | 7 | Russian playwright and author who was transported to his funeral in 1904 in a refrigerated oyster car |
| 39% | TOMMYJOHN | 9 | Pitcher who's known for his successful elbow surgery and played to age 46, in 1989: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OFFERMAN | 8 | Nick ___, actor who rose to prominence with his role as Ron Swanson in NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" |
| 38% | MARCO | 5 | Polo who wrote about his travels to Cathay in “Il Milione” |
| 38% | FRACTURE | 8 | 2007 film starring Anthony Hopkins about a man who tries to kill his wife, and then defends himself in court |
| 37% | BERRA | 5 | Baseball manager who once instructed his team to "Pair up in threes" |
| 37% | FOSSE | 5 | Jon who won the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable” (October, 2023) |
| 36% | EMIGRANT | 8 | Person who leaves his country to live in another |
| 36% | EDMCMAHON | 9 | Johnny Carson sidekick who nearly lost his home to foreclosure in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TYLER | 5 | With 32-Across, entertainment mogul who partnered with Oprah to bring his series "The Haves and the Have Nots" to OWN in 2013 |
| 36% | WOUK | 4 | Herman, who got his first publisher's contract serving onboard the USS Southard and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 |
| 36% | PLANCK | 6 | Max who lent his name to a constant in physics |
| 36% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | To whom Stubb and Flask answered, in literature |
| 35% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 35% | GOTH | 4 | One who might dress in black and listen to emo music |
| 35% | KOOP | 4 | Surgeon General under Reagan, who surprised both parties with his efforts to fight AIDS and smoking |
| 35% | ORGAN | 5 | Tommy, lead guitarist in The Jacksons' "Unity Tour" of 2012 and 2013, who would seem to be playing the wrong instrument, judging by his name |
| 35% | DEWITTWALLACE | 13 | Publisher and philanthropist who was inspired to create 41-Across while reading magazine articles during his recuperation from injuries he sustained in WWI (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HUSTON | 6 | John who directed both his father, Walter, and his daughter, Anjelica, to Oscar wins |
| 35% | BOTERO | 6 | Fernando ___, sculptor who donated 23 sculptures to his namesake plaza in Medellin |
| 35% | ADAM | 4 | Sandler who won Worst Actor and Worst Actress Razzies for his dual roles in "Jack and Jill" |
| 35% | PAULMORPHY | 10 | Late American chess player who was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," and is considered to be the best in his era (1850s): 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARKDONOHUE | 11 | American F1 driver who could "set up his car and drive it to victory"; died in a crash during the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix : 2 wds. |