| 100% | VLAD | 4 | ___ the Impaler, inspiration for "Dracula" |
| 95% | VLAD | 4 | "___ the Impaler," the prince who was the inspiration for Count Dracula |
| 78% | VLAD | 4 | Prince called "the Impaler," who was the inspiration for Dracula |
| 71% | VLAD | 4 | ___ the Impaler (Dracula's inspiration) |
| 69% | VLAD | 4 | Inspiration for Dracula |
| 66% | VLAD | 4 | ___ III, inspiration for Dracula |
| 64% | PIEPAN | 6 | Inspiration for the Frisbee |
| 64% | ELVIS | 5 | Inspiration for the Beatles |
| 64% | SEURAT | 6 | Inspiration for the Cubists |
| 63% | POE | 3 | Inspiration for the Baltimore Ravens |
| 63% | EMMA | 4 | Inspiration for the film "Clueless" |
| 61% | PSALMS | 6 | Inspiration for "Joy to the World" |
| 61% | GREEKMYTH | 9 | Inspiration for "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" |
| 61% | LSD | 3 | Inspiration for the Beatles' "Day Tripper" |
| 61% | MUSTANG | 7 | Inspiration for the Camaro and Firebird |
| 60% | ABBA | 4 | Inspiration for the tribute band A*Teens |
| 59% | MYST | 4 | Inspiration for the 2016 puzzle game The Witness |
| 59% | URIAHHEEP | 9 | Inspiration for the Demon Copperhead character U-Haul |
| 59% | SHARONA | 7 | Inspiration for a 1979 hit by the Knack |
| 59% | EVA | 3 | ___ Peron, inspiration for the "Evita" musical |
| 59% | SQUID | 5 | Likely inspiration for the mythical kraken |
| 58% | USMAP | 5 | Inspiration for the jokes in this puzzle's theme |
| 58% | ILIAD | 5 | Classical inspiration for the 2004 film "Troy" |
| 57% | MICHELANGELO | 12 | Chief inspiration for the Mannerist style of art |
| 56% | TATTOO | 6 | Rowland Macy's inspiration for the red star logo |
| 55% | JOB | 3 | Biblical inspiration for the Neil Simon play "God's Favorite" |
| 54% | BRUTEIDEA | 9 | Inspiration for "The Hulk"? |
| 54% | WINTOUR | 7 | Anna ___ (rumored inspiration for The Devil Wears Prada's Miranda Priestly) |
| 52% | SLUG | 4 | Slow mollusk without a shell that was an inspiration for Jabba the Hutt |
| 52% | COUNT | 5 | ___ Dracula, title for the vampire owner seen in "Hotel Transylvania" |