| 100% | ADOLPHCOORS | 11 | American Beer maker who in 1873 founded a brewery in Golden, Co & later leaped to his death |
| 30% | VASCODAGAMA | 11 | Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Europe to India in the late 1400s: 3 wds. |
| 28% | ICARUS | 6 | Escapee who fell to his death in the sea |
| 28% | TOOTLE | 6 | Little Golden Book about a young train who likes to go off his tracks to play in a meadow |
| 28% | PAULMORPHY | 10 | Late American chess player who was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess," and is considered to be the best in his era (1850s): 2 wds. |
| 28% | MARKDONOHUE | 11 | American F1 driver who could "set up his car and drive it to victory"; died in a crash during the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix : 2 wds. |
| 27% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Wilma ___, late American sprinter who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games |
| 26% | PLANCK | 6 | Max who lent his name to a constant in physics |
| 26% | LES | 3 | ___ Paul, American jazz guitarist who has a guitar model in his name |
| 25% | BIEBER | 6 | Singer who gave his name to a "fever" in the 2010s |
| 25% | AMIES | 5 | Hardy —, dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II who founded a fashion house in 1946 |
| 25% | BANSHEE | 7 | Gaelic spirit who wails to foretell a death in the family |
| 25% | EGON | 4 | Spengler of the Ghostbusters series who once tried to drill a hole in his own head |
| 25% | HESPERIDES | 10 | Daughters of evening in Greek mythology who guarded a tree bearing golden apples belonging to Hera |
| 24% | BARBARA | 7 | ___ A. Williams, American radio astronomer who was the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in Astronomy |
| 24% | JEFFDANIELS | 11 | "Dumb and Dumber" actor who founded a theater for local actors in his Michigan hometown: 2 wds. |
| 24% | CHEKHOV | 7 | Russian playwright and author who was transported to his funeral in 1904 in a refrigerated oyster car |
| 24% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 24% | WILT | 4 | ___ Chamberlain, American basketball player who is the only player to score 100 points in a single NBA game |
| 24% | MAY | 3 | James ___, "Top Gear" co-host who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 24% | MAGIC | 5 | ___ Johnson, American retired professional basketball player who runs a conglomerate company in his name |
| 24% | WALKEN | 6 | Christopher ___, American actor who played the Bond villain in "A View to a Kill" |
| 24% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last major leaguer to bat over .400 in a season |
| 24% | TED | 3 | Williams who was the last MLB player to hit over .400 in a season |
| 24% | TANYAROBERTS | 12 | American actress who played Bond girl Stacey Sutton in the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill": 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROD | 3 | ___ Woodson, former Baltimore Ravens player who switched from cornerback to safety later in his career |
| 23% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | American rapper with hits like "Young, Wild & Free", who released his latest album "Coolaid" in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 23% | QUANTUMLEAP | 11 | 1989 American sci-fi series about a physicist who leaps through spacetime to correct historical mistakes: 2 wds. |
| 23% | VASSAR | 6 | Matthew who founded a college in 1861 |
| 23% | AMIES | 5 | Hardy —, dressmaker by appointment to Queen Elizabeth II who founded his own fashion house in 1946 |