| 100% | IRAN | 4 | "___ (So Far Away)" (1982 hit by A Flock of Seagulls) |
| 71% | IRAN | 4 | A Flock of Seagulls' "___ (So Far Away)" (2 wds.) |
| 70% | RAN | 3 | What A Flock of Seagulls did "So Far Away"? |
| 65% | IRAN | 4 | "___ (So Far Away)" (A Flock of Seagulls hit) (2 wds.) |
| 64% | RAN | 3 | "I ___ (So Far Away)" (A Flock of Seagulls hit) |
| 63% | RAN | 3 | "I ___ (So Far Away)" (A Flock of Seagulls hit song) |
| 62% | IRAN | 4 | "___ (So Far Away)" (hit song for A Flock of Seagulls) (2 wds.) |
| 55% | IRAN | 4 | Iconic hit for A Flock of Seagulls |
| 54% | RAN | 3 | "I ___ (So Far Away)" (A Flock of Seagulls song) |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger," a hit song by Survivor |
| 39% | TWOSHOES | 8 | Goody __, 1982 hit about a pair of sneakers? |
| 38% | ONEON | 5 | Result of a hit by a leadoff batter |
| 38% | SEA | 3 | "___ of Joy," a hit song by English supergroup Blind Faith |
| 38% | FRAY | 4 | Wear away the edge of a cloth by rubbing |
| 37% | EYEOFTHETIGER | 13 | 1982 hit for Survivor with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 4 wds. |
| 37% | GROIN | 5 | What gets hit by a football in "Man Getting Hit by Football" in a classic episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 37% | HOWARD | 6 | Ron, director of Far and Away and A Beautiful Mind |
| 37% | DRIFTS | 6 | Gets carried away by a current of water |
| 37% | BEVY | 4 | A flock of quail |
| 37% | BEANED | 6 | Hit by a pitch |
| 36% | FAME | 4 | Title of a hit song by Irene Cara or David Bowie |
| 36% | THINKIMINLOVE | 13 | 1982 Top 20 hit by 43-Across with the lyrics "Oh, something's got a hold of me now / It's a feeling, burnin' up ... " (4 wds.) |
| 36% | EATIT | 5 | "Weird Al" Yankovic parody of a 1982 Michael Jackson hit (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ONEON | 5 | Result of a hit by the leadoff batter |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Flock of Seagulls song (2 words) |
| 35% | HITHER | 6 | Not so far away |
| 35% | NEARER | 6 | Not so far away |
| 35% | ONES | 4 | "This ___ For You" (title of a hit album and song by Barry Manilow) |
| 35% | STAYINALIVE | 11 | Disco hit by the Bee Gees that was a part of the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RAN | 3 | What Flock of Seagulls did |