| 100% | PAVAROTTI | 9 | ''A great volcano of a man who sang fire,'' per Bono |
| 37% | SCHINDLER | 9 | Surname of a man who made a list that saved people |
| 37% | PELE | 4 | Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes, who shares her name with a famed Brazilian soccer player |
| 36% | PROLIFIC | 8 | Artist who creates a great amount of work |
| 35% | GLUER | 5 | One who exhibits a great deal of stick-to-it-iveness |
| 35% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who presided over a great fire |
| 34% | DROWNING | 8 | A kind of man who will clutch at a straw |
| 34% | LAIC | 4 | A common man who is not part of the clergy |
| 34% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Artist who painted Portrait of a Young Man |
| 34% | DISCONTENT | 10 | "The first step in the progress of a man or a nation," per Oscar Wilde |
| 34% | PERCY | 5 | Sledge who sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
| 34% | BOLTON | 6 | Michael who sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
| 34% | SHANIA | 6 | Twain, who sings Man! I Feel Like a Woman! |
| 34% | OATES | 5 | John who is half of a popular singing duo |
| 34% | BLUEINTHEFACE | 13 | Exasperated...or like a man who's a member of a certain performance Group? |
| 33% | JERRYLEELEWIS | 13 | "Great Balls of Fire" singer who was a charter inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 3 wds. |
| 33% | MOBY | 4 | Musician who's a great-great-grandnephew of Herman Melville |
| 33% | SERENADES | 9 | Pieces of music sung by a man to his lover |
| 33% | LON | 3 | Chaney who was called "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 33% | PLATO | 5 | Great philosopher who was a student of Socrates |
| 33% | ARK | 3 | Vessel built by a man who was at least five hundred years old, per Genesis |
| 33% | SLEDGE | 6 | Percy who sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966 |
| 33% | GRACIOUS | 8 | "Goodness ___ great balls of fire" (lyric from a 1957 hit song) |
| 33% | NIJINSKY | 8 | Ballet dancer who’s the focus of “Letter to a Man” |
| 33% | HASBEEN | 7 | "He ___ a man of great fortitude throughout his life": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LON | 3 | Chaney who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" |
| 33% | MEL | 3 | Blanc who was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" |
| 33% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton character who is described as a “ruin of a man” after surviving a crash |
| 33% | NIN | 3 | Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" |
| 32% | HAMM | 4 | Jon ___, actor of "Mad Men" who made a special appearance in "Parks and Recreation" |