| 100% | PECOS | 5 | ___ Bill, folk hero who is said to have ridden a tornado like a bucking bronco |
| 37% | SHANE | 5 | Classic western hero who says "A man has to be what he is, Joey. Can't break the mold" |
| 34% | WATSON | 6 | To whom it is said "You have a grand gift for silence …. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion" |
| 34% | THOR | 4 | God who is said to have died alongside Jörmungandr |
| 34% | AESOP | 5 | Whom Aristophanes is said to have ''read'' |
| 34% | LEAR | 4 | Who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 34% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | Painter who said "To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time" |
| 34% | STARR | 5 | Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James |
| 33% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of them |
| 33% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have nine of these |
| 33% | HODAKOTB | 8 | "Today" star who says her coanchor Savannah Guthrie is like a sister to her: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NICKS | 5 | Stevie ___, singer who was a member of Fleetwood Mac before having a successful solo career with hits like "Talk to Me" |
| 33% | LIVES | 5 | A cat is said to have 60-Across of them |
| 33% | TWOLEFTFEET | 11 | What a bad dancer is said to have |
| 33% | LINING | 6 | Clouds are said to have a silver one |
| 33% | LEAR | 4 | King who said "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" |
| 32% | NINE | 4 | Number of "lives" a cat is said to have |
| 32% | JAW | 3 | Glass ___ (what a weak boxer is said to have) |
| 32% | LIVES | 5 | What a cat is said to have nine of |
| 32% | LEAR | 4 | Shakespeare character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 32% | LEAR | 4 | Stage character who says "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| 32% | LEADFOOT | 8 | What a speed-happy driver is said to have: 2 wds. |
| 31% | INERT | 5 | Like Xenon, which is unlikely to have a bonding experience |
| 31% | TRINCULO | 8 | Jester in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who is said to be a coward |
| 31% | STEIGER | 7 | To whom Brando said, "I coulda been a contender" |
| 31% | ACTOR | 5 | To whom "break a leg" is said |
| 31% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Hero who says "You can have bones of steel" in a "Got Milk?" ad |
| 31% | GLOW | 4 | Radiance that a pregnant woman is often said to have |
| 31% | UPSYDAISY | 9 | Said to a child who has fallen over |
| 31% | GASSY | 5 | Like a baby who needs to be burped |