| 100% | CANADALEE | 9 | *Star of Orson Welles's 1941 Broadway production of "Native Son" |
| 39% | MERMAN | 6 | Star of the original Broadway production of "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 38% | DOUGHENNING | 11 | Popular magician of the 1970s who starred in the Broadway production of "Merlin": 2 wds. |
| 37% | KANE | 4 | "Citizen ___," 1941 drama directed by Orson Welles considered to be one of the greatest films ever made |
| 36% | XII | 3 | Roman numeral in the climax of Orson Welles’s “The Stranger” |
| 36% | MAME | 4 | Broadway production's "Auntie" starring Rosalind Russell |
| 36% | ALANALDA | 8 | Star of Broadway's "QED," 2001-02 |
| 36% | ZEROMOSTEL | 10 | Star of Broadway's "Fiddler on the Roof" |
| 35% | JOENAMATH | 9 | NFL star nicknamed "Broadway" who appeared in a Broadway production of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" in 1983: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HORNE | 5 | Star of Broadway's "The Lady and Her Music," 1981 |
| 34% | ELSIE | 5 | ___ Janis, star of Broadway's "Puzzles of 1925" |
| 34% | ETHEL | 5 | ___ Merman, star of Broadway's "Annie Get Your Gun" |
| 34% | BRANDON | 7 | Bruce Lee's actor son, star of The Crow |
| 34% | CITIZEN | 7 | Orson Welles's "___ Kane," regarded as one of the best American films ever made |
| 33% | ESSAY | 5 | James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son," e.g. |
| 33% | ILKA | 4 | With 1-Across, star of Broadway's "The Women," 1936 |
| 33% | CITIZENKANE | 11 | 1941 Orson Welles classic |
| 33% | CITIZENKANE | 11 | 1941 Orson Welles film |
| 33% | KANE | 4 | Orson Welles starrer "Citizen ___" |
| 33% | ESSAY | 5 | One of ten in Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son" |
| 32% | CHIMES | 6 | "___ at Midnight," 1966 movie directed by Orson Welles that's considered one of his greatest works |
| 32% | CITIZEN | 7 | 1941 Orson Welles classic, __ Kane |
| 32% | WORLDS | 6 | Orson Welles' War of the __ |
| 32% | LEA | 3 | Actress Michele who's starring in the upcoming Broadway revival of "Chess" |
| 32% | STREISAND | 9 | Broadway star who was on Nixon's list of enemies |
| 32% | KENOSHA | 7 | Midwest birthplace of Orson Welles and Don Ameche |
| 31% | CITIZENKANE | 11 | 1941 Orson Welles film recast with Carol? |
| 31% | PIPPIN | 6 | Broadway musical about the son of Charlemagne |
| 31% | HORNE | 5 | Star of the 1957 Broadway musical "Jamaica" |
| 31% | REDDFOXX | 8 | Star of 70s sitcom Sanford and Son |