| 100% | THEMISSILE | 10 | "Ballistic" nickname for 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 71% | THEGREATEST | 11 | Nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | BLACKMAMBA | 10 | "Snaky" nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | KINGJAMES | 9 | Regal nickname for 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 69% | BLACKMAMBA | 10 | Snaky nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | LOUISVILLELIP | 13 | Nickname for 18-Across, with "The": 2 wds. |
| 62% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for Australia: 2 wds. |
| 61% | OLDGLORY | 8 | Nickname for the American flag: 2 wds. |
| 61% | IRONLADY | 8 | Nickname for Margaret Thatcher: 2 wds. |
| 61% | THEBOSS | 7 | Nickname for Bruce Springsteen: 2 wds. |
| 61% | PETETOWNSHEND | 13 | Lead guitarist for 30-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 61% | MRFIXIT | 7 | Nickname for a handyman: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 60% | HONESTABE | 9 | "Trustworthy" nickname for President Lincoln: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for basketball player Julius Erving: 2 wds. |
| 59% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for NBA legend Julius Erving: 2 wds. |
| 59% | HIGHERLOVE | 10 | 1986 #1 hit for 30-Across, which won the Grammy for Record of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 59% | KINGJAMES | 9 | Regal nickname for LeBron: 2 wds. |
| 58% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles' fiancée in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BIGD | 4 | "Sizable" nickname for Dallas: 2 wds. |
| 57% | THESTONES | 9 | Nickname for the brand fronted by Mick Jagger: 2 wds. |
| 57% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles's fiancée in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for basketball Hall of Famer Erving: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 57% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles's bride in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 57% | SAMADAMS | 8 | Nickname for the beer company that makes Boston Lager: 2 wds. |
| 57% | BIGBEN | 6 | Nickname for the bell in London's Elizabeth Tower: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for Erving in the old N.B.A.: 2 wds. |
| 56% | LADYDI | 6 | 1981 nickname for Prince Charles' then-fiancée: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BIGAPPLE | 8 | The ___ (fruity nickname for New York City): 2 wds. |
| 56% | GOLDENBEAR | 10 | Grizzly nickname for golf legend Jack Nicklaus: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BLACKMAMBA | 10 | Serpentine nickname for NBA legend Kobe Bryant: 2 wds. |