| 100% | ROMEO | 5 | Whose last words are "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 87% | ROMEO | 5 | His last words were "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 57% | ROMEOMONTAGUE | 13 | "Thus with a kiss I die" speaker |
| 57% | ROMEO | 5 | "Thus with a kiss I die" hero |
| 55% | ROMEO | 5 | Character who said "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 55% | ACTV | 4 | When Romeo says, "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 52% | IDIE | 4 | "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's last words) |
| 52% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 45% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose last words were "Of course [God] will forgive me; that's his business" |
| 45% | IDO | 3 | Words that are sealed with a kiss: 2 wds. |
| 44% | IDIE | 4 | "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's final words) |
| 43% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 42% | CAPTAINAHAB | 11 | His last words were "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 41% | IAGO | 4 | Shakespeare villain whose last words are "Demand me nothing; what you know, you know. / From this time forth I never will speak word." |
| 41% | ELENAFORBES | 11 | Crime writer whose 2007 debut novel was Die with Me |
| 41% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 40% | KANE | 4 | Film character whose last word was "Rosebud" |
| 40% | HEREKITTY | 9 | Summons whose last word is often repeated |
| 40% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Edward, an American pianist and bandleader, whose last words were "Music is how I live, why I live, and how I will be remembered": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KANE | 4 | Classic film "Citizen" whose last word is "Rosebud" |
| 39% | NEMO | 4 | Seaman whose last words were "God and my country!" |
| 39% | KURTZ | 5 | Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" |
| 39% | KANE | 4 | Charles Foster ___ (classic film character whose last word was “Rosebud”) |
| 38% | ADAMSILVER | 10 | NBA commissioner whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Ag: 2 wds. |
| 37% | IDO | 3 | Words sealed with a kiss |
| 36% | ORIENTAL | 8 | With a hotel, avenue whose rent is $550 |
| 36% | TRACEYGOLD | 10 | "Growing Pains" actress whose last name is a metal with the chemical symbol Au: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IDIE | 4 | “Thus with a kiss ___”: Romeo |
| 36% | IDIE | 4 | "Thus with a kiss ___": Romeo |