| 100% | COSI | 4 | “___ Fan Tutte” (Mozart opera that inspired the name of a fast-casual chain) |
| 52% | DOGE | 4 | Internet meme that inspired the name of a cryptocurrency |
| 52% | BACARDI | 7 | Liquor brand that inspired the name of a Grammy-winning rapper |
| 47% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted |
| 45% | HOPS | 4 | Ingredient that inspired the name of the Huma Lupa Licious I.P.A. |
| 43% | SPRINT | 6 | Fast race that's also the name of a phone company |
| 43% | ANGRY | 5 | ___ Birds, mobile game that inspired a 2016 animated comedy movie of the same name |
| 42% | HESSE | 5 | His novel “Steppenwolf” inspired the name of a heavy-metal band |
| 41% | CHIPOTLE | 8 | Fast casual chain named for a jalapeño |
| 41% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 40% | NED | 3 | Name that is the name of a room when spelled backwards |
| 40% | TOPAZ | 5 | Birthstone that was the name of a Hitchcock film |
| 40% | RED | 3 | Color that's the name of a Taylor Swift album |
| 40% | BUTTERCUP | 9 | Flower that has the name of a green PowerPuff Girl |
| 40% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 39% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 39% | HONDO | 5 | 1953 movie that shares the name of a Texas town |
| 39% | SELMA | 5 | Alabama city that's the name of a 2014 movie |
| 39% | IRIS | 4 | Female name that's the name of a female assistant backward |
| 38% | ELEANOR | 7 | First name on a headstone at the graveyard of St. Peter's Church that inspired a Beatles song |
| 38% | JESSE | 5 | Name that's the title of a 1980 Carly Simon hit |
| 38% | RONNIE | 6 | Name that's the title of a 1964 4 Seasons hit |
| 38% | ALEC | 4 | Name that anagrams to the name of a fabric |
| 37% | PERSEIDS | 8 | Name of a major 14-Across that peaks early in the week of August 12, 2019 |
| 37% | DONUTS | 6 | Word officially dropped from the name of the fast food chain Dunkin' in 2019 |
| 37% | COD | 3 | Arctic fish that inspired the creation of a new antifreeze polymer for blood banks |
| 37% | EMIL | 4 | Name that anagrams to the name of a citrus fruit |
| 37% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 37% | BOSSA | 5 | Start of the name of a dance that's Portuguese for "new trend" |
| 37% | INN | 3 | "Holiday ___" (1942 movie musical that inspired a hotel chain's name) |