| 100% | ADDERLEY | 8 | American saxophonist Julian nicknamed "Cannonball" |
| 40% | ADDERLEY | 8 | Saxophonist Cannonball |
| 38% | GETZ | 4 | Saxophonist nicknamed "the Sound" |
| 38% | CENTENNIALSTATE | 15 | American nickname since 1876 |
| 37% | ALI | 3 | American boxer nicknamed "The Greatest" |
| 37% | EISENHOWER | 10 | American general, nickname Ike |
| 36% | PREZ | 4 | Nickname for jazz saxophonist Lester Young |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | American state nicknamed "The Buckeye State" |
| 35% | OLDGLORY | 8 | Nickname for the American flag: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BEN | 3 | Nickname of the so-called First American |
| 34% | OTT | 3 | American professional baseball player nicknamed "Master Melvin" Mel ___ |
| 34% | RYAN | 4 | American baseball player ___ Howard nicknamed the "Big Piece" |
| 34% | IOWA | 4 | American state which is nicknamed "The Hawkeye State" |
| 34% | IDAHO | 5 | American state which is nicknamed "The Gem State" |
| 34% | GENTLEMANJOHNNY | 15 | Nickname of Gen. Burgoyne in the American Revolution |
| 34% | TYSON | 5 | American boxer Mike nicknamed "Iron Mike" |
| 34% | LEBRON | 6 | American basketball player nicknamed "King James" |
| 34% | LIMA | 4 | South American capital nicknamed the Octopus |
| 34% | SNOOPDOGG | 9 | Famous American rapper with canine nickname |
| 33% | MEL | 3 | American footballer and coach ___ Hein nicknamed the "Old Indestructible" |
| 33% | MAINE | 5 | American state which is nicknamed "The Pine Tree State" |
| 32% | WILLIE | 6 | American baseball player ___ Mays nicknamed the "The Say Hey Kid" |
| 32% | GETZ | 4 | Jazz saxophonist, Stan ___ who was nicknamed "the Sound" |
| 32% | OLD | 3 | With 20-Across, nickname for the American flag |
| 31% | LILLIAN | 7 | Actress Gish nicknamed the First Lady of American Cinema |
| 31% | ABE | 3 | "Honest ___," a nickname given to a beloved American president |
| 29% | YOUNG | 5 | Lester —, US jazz tenor saxophonist nicknamed Pres who died in 1959 |
| 29% | ARCHIEMOORE | 11 | American boxer nicknamed "The Old Mongoose" who won 131 matches by knockout: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SIMPSON | 7 | O J —, former American football running back and actor nicknamed The Juice |
| 28% | CALAMITYJANE | 12 | Legendary American frontierswoman and sharpshooter with a dangerous-sounding nickname: 2 wds. |