| 100% | SPELT | 5 | "He ___ out his name." (read it letter by letter) |
| 48% | EYEEXAM | 7 | It involves reading letters out loud |
| 47% | DEARSANTA | 9 | Letter greeting never read by its intended recipient |
| 46% | UPART | 5 | Wig style named for the letter shape formed by its dividing line |
| 45% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted out by its players |
| 44% | SPELT | 5 | Read letter by letter |
| 44% | EDNORTON | 8 | Sitcom sidekick whose wife sometimes calls him by his last name |
| 44% | HAMMERBELTS | 11 | "Call Me by Your Name" star Armie sings his heart out? |
| 44% | UNO | 3 | Win this colorful card game by saying its name out loud |
| 43% | DI{DOT} | 7 | French printer Firmin ___ (Hint: If you didn't know of him, his name is one letter off from a word in this clue) |
| 43% | ELIAS | 5 | Real name that becomes a fake one by changing its first letter |
| 43% | SPELT | 5 | Read out letter-by-letter, British-style (anagram of "slept") |
| 42% | ESAUS | 5 | His brother came out, with his hand grasping ___ heel; so he was named Jacob (Genesis) |
| 42% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 42% | TUNIS | 5 | World capital whose name can be formed by removing letters from the end of its country's name |
| 42% | STLOUISMISSOURI | 15 | City with a landmark spelled out by the circled letters, reading left to right |
| 41% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds. |
| 41% | POE | 3 | His name is a letter short of his description |
| 40% | GEORGOHM | 8 | He gave his name to unit of electrical resistance |
| 40% | TIRADES | 7 | Reads it out and rants |
| 39% | EST | 3 | CNN abbreviates it further by dropping its middle letter |
| 39% | KANYEWEST | 9 | He legally changed his name to Ye |
| 39% | SON | 3 | He might be named after his father |
| 39% | SWUNG | 5 | "He kept his eye on the ball and ___ it out of the park" |
| 38% | RIAL | 4 | Currency whose name can become its country's name by changing its last letter to an N and scrambling |
| 38% | LOUD | 4 | "Thinking Out ___," song by Ed Sheeran from his second studio album "x" which he co-wrote with Amy Wadge |
| 38% | RINGO | 5 | Rock star whose name is spelled out by the middle letters of 16-, 18-, 39-, 61- and 64-Across |
| 38% | POE | 3 | His name, plus T, is what he was |
| 38% | ELLY | 4 | Name that sounds like two of its letters |
| 38% | EVIE | 4 | Name that sounds like its first two letters |