| 100% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___: A Puppeteer's Journey" (2011 documentary) |
| 95% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___: A Puppeteer's Journey" (2011 documentary about Kevin Clash) |
| 94% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___: A Puppeteer's Journey" (2011 documentary about a red Muppet) |
| 74% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___: A Puppeteer's Journey" (documentary about a red Muppet) |
| 63% | ELMO | 4 | "Being ___" (2011 documentary about a "Sesame Street" puppeteer) |
| 50% | THROUGH | 7 | Victory __ Air Power is a documentary by Disney |
| 50% | ONE | 3 | "Steve Jobs: ___ Last Thing," 2011 documentary by PBS on Apple's founder through a series of interviews |
| 49% | CUSACK | 6 | John who plays a puppeteer in Being John Malkovich |
| 49% | ERICK | 5 | Shortstop Aybar who was a 2011 Gold Glove winner |
| 46% | OBAMA | 5 | President who was a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary, "American Factory" |
| 46% | ANDY | 4 | Rooney who was a commentator on "60 Minutes" from 1978 to 2011 |
| 45% | CONTAGION | 9 | 2011 thriller film starring Kate Winslet which is about a pandemic |
| 45% | AMY | 3 | Singer Winehouse who was profiled in a 2015 documentary |
| 45% | EXOTIC | 6 | Joe __ is the subject of a Tiger King documentary |
| 45% | QUESTING | 8 | D&D gamers are doing this on a journey |
| 45% | COWBOYS | 7 | They were paired with Aliens in a 2011 movie |
| 44% | RIO | 3 | 2011 animated film whose main character is a Spix's macaw |
| 44% | ONOUR | 5 | "We are ___ way" (in course of a journey): 2 wds. |
| 43% | MARRYTHENIGHT | 13 | A 2011 hit from Lady Gaga's album "Born This Way," which is well known for its hospital-centric video: 3 wds |
| 43% | GETSLOST | 8 | Becomes confused about where one is on a journey: 2 wds. |
| 43% | RIO | 3 | Brazilian city that was the title of a 2011 animated movie |
| 43% | YETI | 4 | Monster who is the "Snow Beast" in a 2011 horror movie |
| 42% | LESS | 4 | "___ is a bore" (Robert Venturi's architectural maxim) |
| 42% | ILL | 3 | "Well, ___ be a monkey's uncle!" |
| 42% | IDLE | 4 | "___ mind is a devil's workshop." |
| 42% | EGG | 3 | A robin's is blue |
| 42% | TEARS | 5 | A crocodile's are insincere |
| 42% | ORA | 3 | "Are you a man ___ Muppet?" (question in 2011's "The Muppets"): 2 wds. |
| 42% | PACTEN | 6 | Conference name changed in 2011 when a pair of schools were added |
| 42% | NITRO | 5 | Drag-racing fuel, or a Dodge SUV that was discontinued in 2011 |