| 100% | CHAMPAGNE | 9 | __ diamonds are pinky-brown and named after drink |
| 46% | GATORADE | 8 | Drink named after the football team it was originally tested on |
| 46% | SHIRLEY | 7 | Child star after whom a pink drink is named |
| 46% | FIRS | 4 | Two are named after Douglas and Fraser |
| 45% | ASIMOV | 6 | Writer after whom an asteroid and Mars crater are named |
| 43% | TEACUP | 6 | Drinking vessel tiny dogs are named after |
| 42% | SANS | 4 | After 1-Across, what the first names at 20-, 36-, 43- and 57-Across all are? |
| 42% | HANNIBAL | 8 | Horror thriller TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic psychiatrist and cannibal played by Mads Mikkelsen |
| 42% | RUTHERFORD | 10 | Scientist and physicist Ernest ___ after whom the element Rf with atomic number 104 is named |
| 41% | WINE | 4 | "Red, Red ___," song by UB40 and Neil Diamond which may be their preferred drink order |
| 41% | ROMNEY | 6 | & 22A Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named |
| 40% | YSER | 4 | WWI battle named after the river where the German Army was obstructed by opening sluices and flooding land to the west |
| 40% | CHARLIE | 7 | __ Brown and Snoopy are inseparable |
| 40% | EDDY | 4 | Name after Nelson and before Arnold |
| 40% | DEXTER | 6 | Crime drama TV series named after the protagonist who is a forensic technician in the day and vigilante serial killer at night |
| 40% | XTRA | 4 | Coca Cola Co. drink originally named "Peppo" which changed to "Mr. Pibb" and since 2001 is called "Pibb ___" |
| 39% | MARIECURIE | 10 | Scientist and chemist after whom the element Cm with atomic number 96 is named: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEAROSE | 7 | Flower named after a drink |
| 39% | FORE | 4 | Be___ and after |
| 39% | TOURETTE | 8 | Georges Gilles de la —, French physician after whom a neurological condition characterized by physical and verbal tics is named |
| 39% | AMERIGO | 7 | Name after which the New World is named |
| 38% | GAINES | 6 | Last name of HGTV stars Chip and Joanna, who are ending their show "Fixer Upper" after the upcoming fifth season |
| 38% | ERAS | 4 | Things sometimes named after kings and queens |
| 38% | TIMES | 5 | Newspaper name after "Los Angeles" and "Seattle" |
| 38% | POST | 4 | Newspaper name after "Washington" and "New York" |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | "___, drink and be merry" |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | "___, drink, and be merry" |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | "___, drink, and be merry!" |
| 38% | EAT | 3 | "___, drink and be merry!" |