| 100% | MINK | 4 | ___ DeVille (early punk band whose name starts with an animal) |
| 52% | ELAL | 4 | Airline whose name starts with an aleph |
| 51% | XENON | 5 | Only chemical element whose name starts with an x |
| 48% | LLAMA | 5 | Animal whose name starts with a doubled consonant |
| 48% | EEL | 3 | Animal whose name starts with a doubled vowel |
| 46% | LLAMA | 5 | Spitting animal whose name starts with a double letter |
| 46% | LLAMA | 5 | Pack animal whose name starts with a double letter |
| 42% | XYLOPHONE | 9 | Instrument whose name starts with X |
| 41% | SCOT | 4 | Person whose name starts with Mac-, maybe |
| 41% | OMAN | 4 | Only country whose name starts with O |
| 41% | ASIAGO | 6 | Cheese whose name starts with a continent |
| 41% | EEL | 3 | Fish whose name starts with two vowels |
| 41% | YEMEN | 5 | Only country whose name starts with "Y" |
| 41% | QATAR | 5 | Only country whose name starts with "Q" |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 41% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name starts with a double consonant |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | Only state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 40% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is an acronym |
| 40% | REDDIT | 6 | Most visited 1-Across whose name starts with “R” |
| 40% | AETNA | 5 | Health insurance company whose name starts with two vowels |
| 40% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance giant whose name starts with a silent letter |
| 40% | GNAT | 4 | Little fly whose name starts with a silent letter |
| 40% | AETNA | 5 | Fortune 100 company whose name starts with a silent letter |
| 40% | IOWA | 4 | The only US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 40% | HILO | 4 | Hawaiian city whose name starts with Hawaii’s postal abbreviation |
| 39% | SABLE | 5 | Mercury model with an animal name |
| 39% | XTC | 3 | 1970s British punk band whose name sounds like a street drug |
| 39% | OPALS | 5 | Birthstones whose name starts with the same letter as their month |
| 39% | CKONE | 5 | Unisex fragrance whose name starts with a fashion designer's initials |