| 100% | TOTELLUSWHY | 11 | "God in his wisdom made the fly / And then forgot ..." |
| 96% | OGDEN | 5 | "God in His wisdom made the fly / And then forgot to tell us why" poet Nash |
| 88% | OGDEN | 5 | "The Lord in his wisdom made the fly, And then forgot to tell us why" poet Nash |
| 38% | PELOPS | 6 | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal |
| 38% | SHEERAN | 7 | Ed ___, singer who made an appearance in the Netflix movie "Red Notice" as himself and performed his song "Perfect" |
| 36% | PARASKI | 7 | Make a flying jump in the winter |
| 36% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 35% | GANESHA | 7 | God of wisdom and remover of obstacles in Hinduism |
| 35% | BEL | 3 | God of the earth in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology |
| 34% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Youth in Greek mythology abducted by Zeus and made a cupbearer of the gods |
| 34% | EVAN | 4 | Infielder Longoria who made the All-Star Team in his rookie season |
| 34% | DOTCOM | 6 | Business that may have gone boom and then bust in the '90s |
| 34% | THOR | 4 | Hammer-wielding Norse god in the titles of 2011 and 2013 movies |
| 34% | IRMA | 4 | Neighbor of Hi and Lois, in the funnies |
| 34% | COLONIES | 8 | Coral live in __ and make up the reefs |
| 34% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that makes the sound of the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 34% | ANTECEDENT | 10 | The fool in "A fool and his money are soon parted" |
| 34% | GONZALO | 7 | He made Prospero and Miranda escape in The Tempest |
| 33% | AREA | 4 | "I was in the ___ and thought I'd say hi" |
| 33% | INCAS | 5 | The emperor and his subjects in Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" |
| 33% | WIT | 3 | "___ and wisdom" (phrase in the title of a book of quotes, maybe) |
| 33% | EZRA | 4 | ___ Miller, an actor who made his debut in the film "Afterschool" |
| 33% | NISROCH | 7 | Assyrian god mentioned in 2 Kings and Isaiah in the Bible |
| 33% | CORNCOBPIPE | 11 | It's made from an ear and put in the mouth |
| 33% | ACROBATS | 8 | Those who flip and fly in the air for circus show |
| 33% | SCHIRRA | 7 | Only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs |
| 33% | WEB | 3 | "Step 2: Log in to the ___ and make a souvenir list!" |
| 32% | POSEIDON | 8 | God of the sea and earthquakes in Greek mythology |
| 32% | SECRETARIAT | 11 | 95-Across who made the covers of Time, Newsweek and Sports Illustrated in the same week |