| 100% | WHOSHOTJR | 9 | Advertising catchphrase created by CBS in the 80s |
| 40% | ORALB | 5 | Brand created by a periodontist in the 1950s |
| 40% | AAVE | 4 | Dialect created by Black people in the U.S. |
| 38% | STEAGLES | 8 | Temporary team created by merging the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia teams in 1943 |
| 38% | BLONDIE | 7 | Comic strip created by Chic Young in 1930 featuring the character Dagwood Bumstead |
| 38% | FUTURAMA | 8 | Popular animated sitcom created by Matt Groening about Earth in the year 3000 |
| 37% | ULTRON | 6 | Villainous robot created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner in the second "Avengers" film |
| 37% | VAAN | 4 | Fictional sky pirate created by Yasumi Matsuno and seen in the "Final Fantasy" series |
| 36% | PARACHUTE | 9 | ___ pants, fashion trend popularized in the '80s by breakdancers |
| 36% | TOPOGIGIO | 9 | Puppet mouse created by Maria Perego in 1959 whose television credits include The Ed Sullivan Show |
| 36% | MYSPACE | 7 | Social networking service created by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe that was popular in the 2000s |
| 36% | TOPOGIGIO | 9 | Mouse puppet created by Maria Perego in 1959 whose television credits include The Ed Sullivan Show |
| 36% | RAD | 3 | "Awesome!," back in the 80s |
| 36% | ALCORN | 6 | The game Pong was created by Allan__ in 1972 |
| 35% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private investigator created by Mickey Spillane played by 43-Across in the 1980s and 1990s (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEGILDEDAGE | 12 | HBO historical drama created by 32-Across set in New York City in the 1880s (3 wds.) |
| 35% | DOCSAVAGE | 9 | Fictional character created by Lester Dent who first appeared in 1933 pulp novel The Man of Bronze |
| 35% | ACIDWASH | 8 | Bleached design on jeans popular in the 80s |
| 35% | POLITBURO | 9 | This first executive committee created in Russia by the Bolshevik Party in 1917 |
| 35% | GOTAB | 5 | Scored in the 80s |
| 35% | DOC | 3 | ___ Martens, footwear popularized in the '80s by new wave musicians, informally |
| 35% | ZUMBA | 5 | Fitness program created in the '90s by Beto Pérez |
| 35% | MOWGLI | 6 | Orphan created by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" |
| 35% | MOONBOOTS | 9 | Padded snow footwear, popular in the 80s |
| 35% | BOOMBOX | 7 | Portable music player, popular in the 80s |
| 35% | RAD | 3 | "Far out" in the 80s |
| 34% | BEANIEBABY | 10 | Item created by H. Ty Warner in 1993, which, by the late nineties, had become a world-wide fad |
| 34% | DOWNTONABBEY | 12 | PBS historical drama created by 32-Across set on a Yorkshire estate in the early 20th century (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STRANGER | 8 | __ Things, popular Netflix show set in the 80s |
| 34% | DEF | 3 | ___ Leppard, popular band in the 80s |