| 100% | STEPHANPASTIS | 13 | "Pearls Before Swine" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 48% | CHARLESSCHULZ | 13 | "Peanuts" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JIMDAVIS | 8 | "Garfield" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 48% | GARRYTRUDEAU | 12 | "Doonesbury" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BILKEANE | 8 | "The Family Circus" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BILLWATTERSON | 13 | "Calvin and Hobbes" cartoonist: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RAT | 3 | "Pearls Before Swine" rodent |
| 46% | COMIC | 5 | "Pearls Before Swine," e.g. |
| 45% | RAT | 3 | Nasty "Pearls Before Swine" character |
| 45% | DROPSOUT | 8 | Quits before graduating: 2 wds. |
| 45% | UPEARLY | 7 | Awake before sunrise: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BASESALARY | 10 | Pay before bonuses: 2 wds. |
| 44% | STRIP | 5 | "Get Fuzzy" or "Pearls Before Swine" |
| 44% | ITSOVER | 7 | Words before a breakup: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TENAM | 5 | 120 minutes before noon: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SAYGRACE | 8 | Pray before a meal: 2 wds. |
| 44% | TENPM | 5 | Two hours before midnight: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALA | 3 | Menu words before carte: 2 wds. |
| 44% | INSUM | 5 | Words before a conclusion: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MARDIGRAS | 9 | Festive day before Lent: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELIOT | 5 | Mr. Rosewater's first name in Vonnegut's "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls Before Swine" ('65) |
| 43% | COMICSTRIP | 10 | Stephan Pastis' "Pearls Before Swine", for one |
| 43% | PIG | 3 | Friend of Goat in "Pearls Before Swine" |
| 43% | ILET | 4 | "Before ___ you go ...": 2 wds. |
| 42% | PRIORTO | 7 | Before (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CROC | 4 | "Zeeba" eater in the comic "Pearls Before Swine" |
| 42% | SCOTTADAMS | 10 | Cartoonist who created "Dilbert": 2 wds. |
| 41% | RAT | 3 | Rude animal in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" |
| 41% | RAT | 3 | Sarcastic rodent in the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" |
| 41% | LYNNJOHNSTON | 12 | "For Better or For Worse" cartoonist: 2 wds. |