| 100% | BELUGACAVIAR | 12 | "Our first course is a delicacy from the Caspian with a sparkling Spanish white ..." |
| 35% | STARTER | 7 | The first course of a meal, which is often a salad |
| 32% | DESSERT | 7 | Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table" |
| 32% | JOJOSIWA | 8 | She was a member of the first same-sex dancing partnership on Dancing With the Stars |
| 32% | AANG | 4 | Titular child from "Avatar: The Last Airbender" who is a member of the Air Nomads with superpowers |
| 32% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a phone in the White House—its number was "1" (1877) |
| 32% | MARIO | 5 | First video game character to be honored with a figure in the Hollywood Wax Museum |
| 31% | NAT | 3 | Baseball player whose stadium is a few miles from the White House, for short |
| 31% | ARETE | 5 | Arista de los Murcielagos, in the Spanish Pyrenees, is a popular one with climbers |
| 31% | SHE | 3 | Pronoun that can be spelled with a slash between the first and second letters |
| 31% | LIT | 3 | "It was a dimly ___ room with old pictures hanging from the walls." (not bright) |
| 31% | CHEETAH | 7 | Spotted cat known for being the fastest land animal, with a name originating from Sanskrit |
| 31% | PEG | 3 | ___ Bundy, character from the series "Married... with Children" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | TESTAMENT | 9 | Leviathan is a monster from the Old __ |
| 30% | TASER | 5 | This is a shocker from the cops! |
| 30% | TONG | 4 | Grab from the grill with a gripper |
| 30% | CRUZ | 4 | Penélope who is the only Spanish actress with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 30% | REDDAWN | 7 | 1984 Patrick Swayze film that was the first to be released with a PG-13 rating |
| 30% | OLIVIA | 6 | 100/100 ___ de Havilland, actress from the film "Gone with the Wind" who was a centenarian |
| 30% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 30% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 30% | OLDIE | 5 | Song that is a blast from the past |
| 30% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 30% | TRAY | 4 | The first man is a dish |
| 30% | CERES | 5 | Body in our solar system that was considered a planet in the first half of the 19th century |
| 29% | GHOSTPEPPERS | 12 | "Our first course tonight is a crudités of these soul-crushingly hot vegetables" |
| 29% | VANNA | 5 | White, who in May 2013 was presented with a Guinness World Record certificate for being the world's most frequent clapper |
| 29% | ALHIRT | 6 | Wynton Marsalis's first trumpet was a gift from him |
| 29% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 29% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | 15-Across and 27-Across singer who was the first woman honored with a "Billboard" Icon Award (2 wds) |