| 31% | SWAN | 4 | Bella ___, lead character of the "Twilight" series who shares her name with a bird |
| 31% | DRAKE | 5 | Nathan ___, lead character of the movie "Uncharted" who shares his name with a bird |
| 31% | HOOD | 4 | Robin ___, lead character of the many eponymous movies who shares his name with a bird |
| 30% | FINCH | 5 | Atticus ___, lead character of the "To Kill a Mockingbird" movie who shares his name with a bird |
| 30% | COYOTE | 6 | Canine animal represented in "Looney Tunes" by the character Wile E., with a name originating from Nahuatl |
| 30% | SPARROW | 7 | Captain Jack ___, lead character of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise who shares his name with a bird |
| 30% | TNT | 3 | Wile E. Coyote has a blast with it |
| 29% | TOON | 4 | Wile E. Coyote or the Road Runner |
| 29% | THEFONZ | 7 | Sitcom character with a leather jacket that's now in the Smithsonian |
| 29% | ACME | 4 | Company that supplies Wile E. Coyote with gizmos |
| 29% | ACME | 4 | Corporation that provides Wile E. Coyote with outlandish products |
| 29% | ACME | 4 | Company that supplies Wile E. Coyote with invisible paint |
| 28% | ACME | 4 | Vender that supplies Wile E. Coyote with failure-prone products |
| 28% | COYOTE | 6 | Wile E. ___ (toon who chases the Road Runner) |
| 28% | JAY | 3 | ___ Gatsby, lead character of "The Great Gatsby" movie who shares his name with a bird |
| 28% | HALO | 4 | Xbox game series with the A.I. character who inspired Microsoft's voice-assistant Cortana |
| 28% | HALO | 4 | Xbox game series with the A.I. character who inspired Microsoft's voice assistant Cortana |
| 28% | ACME | 4 | Brand that supplies Wile E. Coyote with fake tunnels and TNT |
| 28% | ACME | 4 | Wile E. Coyote's go-to company in "The Road Runner Show" |
| 28% | DORA | 4 | ___ the Explorer, Nickelodeon character who is celebrated with a National Day |
| 27% | JONES | 5 | Chuck —, animated cartoon director who created characters Wile E Coyote and Marvin Martian |
| 27% | ACME | 4 | Corporation that sold a Jet-Propelled Unicycle to Wile E. Coyote |
| 27% | FAUST | 5 | Goethe character who makes a pact with the devil |
| 27% | IAGO | 4 | "Aladdin" bird that shares a name with a Shakespeare character |
| 27% | FAUST | 5 | Classic literary character who makes a deal with the devil |
| 27% | KRUSTY | 6 | With 21-Across, "The Simpsons" character who is a children's TV host |
| 27% | DOROTHY | 7 | Character who sings with the Scarecrow in "If I Only Had a Brain" |
| 27% | HOMERSIMPSON | 12 | TV character who says "It's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids" |
| 26% | FEATHERS | 8 | Lightweight bits of a bird's wing that might float and get carried away with the wind |
| 26% | THEROADRUNNER | 13 | Constant target for Wile E. Coyote, the speedy ground bird from "Looney Tunes": 3 wds. |