| 100% | UNABLE | 6 | "He was ___ to play football after his injury" (incompetent) |
| 45% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds. |
| 45% | ALS | 3 | He was feeding f___e information to his customers |
| 44% | TORN | 4 | He was ___ with grief after break up with his girlfriend |
| 42% | DEWITTWALLACE | 13 | Publisher and philanthropist who was inspired to create 41-Across while reading magazine articles during his recuperation from injuries he sustained in WWI (2 wds.) |
| 41% | HILLARY | 7 | He and his sherpa were first to Mt. Everest summit |
| 41% | FREEKICK | 8 | In football, used to restart play after a foul |
| 40% | ALEXKARRAS | 10 | Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Member who hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 1985, 20 years after he played in his fourth and final Pro Bowl (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SON | 3 | He might be named after his father |
| 39% | ONO | 3 | What John Lennon changed his middle name to after he got married |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | One of the most common football injuries are injuries to the k___ |
| 38% | PLATO | 5 | Philospher whose name might have been given to him by his wrestling coach |
| 37% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who had three impostors claim to be him after his suicide |
| 37% | SEEN | 4 | "After the theft, he was nowhere to be ___!" |
| 37% | READMYFOREHEAD | 14 | Last thing you want to hear your kid say after he's gotten his first tattoo? |
| 36% | TREVOR | 6 | Neville Longbottom's pet toad that was gifted to him to celebrate his admission into Hogwarts |
| 36% | HELLBOY | 7 | Actor Ed Skrein dropped out of this upcoming superhero film over accusations of "whitewashing" the role he was set to play |
| 36% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 36% | HEDWIG | 6 | Harry Potter's snowy pet owl that was gifted to him by Hagrid as his birthday present |
| 36% | NOD | 3 | Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel |
| 36% | MICHAELDAWSON | 13 | The father who is trying to recover his son on "Lost," played by Harold Perrineau: 2 wds |
| 36% | IAGO | 4 | He was instructed to kill Cassio |
| 36% | LANCEARMSTRONG | 14 | A professional road racing cyclist and cancer survivor, he was stripped of all achievements after confirmation of his drug use: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GODSGIFT | 8 | What a Don Juan thinks he is to women |
| 35% | LEOI | 4 | He was succeeded by his archdeacon Hilarius |
| 35% | BUDDHA | 6 | He was Prince Siddhartha before his enlightenment |
| 35% | DAVIDNJOKU | 10 | Nigerian American NFL tight end who was named to his first Pro Bowl after the 2023 season: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TUT | 3 | He was succeeded by his great-uncle Ay |
| 35% | RAMESES | 7 | He was told to "let my people go" |
| 35% | PELOPS | 6 | He was served to the Olympians as food |