| 100% | SPODE | 5 | 1. Josiah —, 18th-century founder of a pottery manufactory in Stoke |
| 90% | SPODE | 5 | Josiah —, 18th-century founder of a pottery manufactory in Stoke |
| 78% | SPODE | 5 | Josiah —, 18th-century founder of a pottery factory in Stoke |
| 41% | SIKH | 4 | A member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 37% | TATTERSALL | 10 | Richard —, 18th-century founder of a London horse market |
| 37% | CARMELITE | 9 | In the Roman Catholic Church, a member of an order of mendicant friars founded in the 12th century |
| 35% | PINKERTON | 9 | Allan —, Glasgow-born founder of a US detective agency in 1850 |
| 35% | WOMENVOTERS | 11 | Members of a ''League'' founded in 1920 |
| 35% | SLADE | 5 | Felix —, founder of a school of fine art in London in 1871 |
| 35% | SLADE | 5 | Felix ---, founder of a school of fine art in London in 1871 |
| 35% | RASTA | 5 | Member of a religious sect founded in Jamaica |
| 35% | BENEDICTINE | 11 | Member of a monastic order founded in 529 |
| 35% | FAILSON | 7 | Unsuccessful offspring of a 1 percenter, in slang |
| 35% | HOTEL | 5 | Found in a game of Monopoly |
| 34% | BLUMENAU | 8 | Hermann —, German pharmacist; founder of a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 1850 |
| 34% | HALLE | 5 | Charles —, 19th-century founder of a symphony orchestra in Manchester |
| 34% | YEAR | 4 | 1/100 of a century |
| 34% | DECADE | 6 | 1/10 of a century |
| 34% | YEAR | 4 | 1/100th of a century |
| 34% | ALE | 3 | A kind of lager found in English pubs |
| 34% | BIRDIE | 6 | A score in golf of 1-under par |
| 34% | TEN | 3 | Number of decades in a century |
| 33% | FALCON | 6 | A bird of prey found in almost all continents |
| 33% | SCARECROW | 9 | A sort of hay mannequin found in open fields |
| 33% | ARTICLE | 7 | A short piece of writing, often found in magazines |
| 33% | LIBEL | 5 | Kind of suit found in a courtroom |
| 33% | RACER | 5 | One found in a lot of laps? |
| 33% | SNOW | 4 | Type of precipitation found in a blizzard |
| 33% | TORSION | 7 | Kind of spring found in a mousetrap |
| 33% | BUZZARDS | 8 | Type of birds found in a wake |