| 100% | PEPSI | 5 | "It" in the old slogan "Gotta have it" |
| 82% | PEPSI | 5 | The "it" in the 1990s slogan "Gotta have it" |
| 65% | NOLA | 4 | The "She" in Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" |
| 61% | AMOS | 4 | Old Testament book that asks "Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey?" |
| 60% | LEE | 3 | Spike ___, famous film director who also worked in television on the show "She's Gotta Have It" |
| 56% | MANNA | 5 | It fell in the Old Testament |
| 56% | PONYEXPRESS | 11 | It delivered in the Old West |
| 54% | SECRETPANEL | 11 | The library in an old mansion may have one |
| 54% | FURBISH | 7 | In the old days it meant to polish a weapon |
| 53% | OASIS | 5 | It has a spring in the middle |
| 53% | MOREL | 5 | It has a cap in the kitchen |
| 53% | SOS | 3 | It has three dashes in the middle |
| 53% | RATIO | 5 | It has a colon in the middle |
| 53% | BELLY | 5 | It has a button in the middle |
| 52% | SHES | 4 | ___ Gotta Have It (51-Across film set in Fort Greene, Brooklyn) |
| 52% | TOWN | 4 | It may have a square in the middle |
| 52% | TENT | 4 | It may have a mess in the Army |
| 52% | REDSEA | 6 | It had a big part in the Bible |
| 52% | URBANA | 6 | It has a twin city in the Midwest |
| 52% | REDSEA | 6 | It had a major part in the Bible |
| 52% | ARENA | 5 | It often has a ring in the middle |
| 52% | PABST | 5 | Brand with the old slogan "It's blended, it's splendid" |
| 51% | YANGTZE | 7 | It has its outlet in the East China Sea |
| 51% | AIDA | 4 | The king of Egypt has a part in it |
| 51% | SHADE | 5 | Have it made in the ___ (have an easy life) |
| 51% | CHOCOLATEO | 10 | It has a chance of sprinkles in the morning |
| 51% | MEX | 3 | Its flag has an eagle in the center: Abbr. |
| 51% | GLENN | 5 | Astronaut John who is the oldest person to have flown in space |
| 51% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud." (stop at an early stage) |
| 51% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud" (stop at an early stage) |