| 100% | NECCO | 5 | ___ Wafers (candy that was first produced in 1847) |
| 50% | TECATE | 6 | Mexican beer named for the city it was first produced in |
| 49% | PEZ | 3 | Rectangular candy that was introduced in 1927 |
| 48% | IPAD | 4 | Tablet that was first released in 2010 |
| 48% | NOBEL | 5 | Prize that was first awarded in 1901 |
| 48% | EUGENEONEILL | 12 | American writer whose play "The Emperor Jones" was first produced in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PEZ | 3 | Candy that was originally introduced in Austria as a breath mint |
| 47% | GUAC | 4 | Dip that was first developed in Mexico, for short |
| 47% | MEDEA | 5 | Tragedy that was first performed in 431 B.C. |
| 46% | LANAI | 5 | Isle where sugar was first produced in Hawaii, by a farmer named Wong Tse Chun in 1802 |
| 46% | ROLOS | 5 | Caramel candies that might be sold in tubes |
| 45% | INCISORS | 8 | Teeth that are typically the first to grow in |
| 45% | SUN | 3 | Capri ___, German juice concentrate drink that was first introduced to American markets in 1981 |
| 45% | POPROCKS | 8 | Candy that, in urban legend, can be lethal when mixed with soda |
| 45% | ODESSA | 6 | City that was home to the first car in Russia |
| 44% | PRIME | 5 | ___ Day, annual deal event that was first held on Amazon's 20th anniversary in 2015 |
| 44% | POLECAR | 7 | The vehicle that is first out on the track in Indy racing, say: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THEROBE | 7 | 1953 Biblical epic that was the first film released in CinemaScope |
| 44% | ARK | 3 | Lost object that was raided in the first Indiana Jones movie |
| 43% | REDDESERT | 9 | 1964 Antonioni film that was his first to be shot in color |
| 43% | MARIETTA | 8 | Ohio town that was the first permanent settlement in the state (1788) |
| 43% | DYNAMITE | 8 | 2020 BTS hit that was their first song fully recorded in English |
| 43% | REEL | 4 | Dance that was first referred to in the 1590 witchcraft trial of Doctor Fian in "Edenbrough", Scotland |
| 43% | BALL | 4 | Times Square ___ Drop, New Year event that was first held on New Year's Eve in 1907 |
| 43% | ICE | 3 | ___ wine, sweet dessert wine made from frozen grapes that is produced in Canada |
| 43% | SHALOMMEIRTOWER | 15 | Tel Aviv skyscraper that was the first to be built in the Mideast |
| 43% | ERNANI | 6 | Verdi work that was the first opera to be recorded in its entirety |
| 43% | PALM | 4 | Co. that was the first to successfully market a PDA worldwide in 1997 |
| 43% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to admit women |
| 42% | TMZ | 3 | Hollywood website that was the first to report Michael Jackson's death in 2009 |