| 100% | TIM | 3 | Armstrong of Rancid |
| 60% | LOUIS | 5 | Armstrong of jazz |
| 56% | OTIS | 4 | Armstrong of N.F.L. fame |
| 56% | LANCE | 5 | Armstrong of the Tour de France |
| 49% | JAZZINESS | 9 | Quality of armstrong's music |
| 46% | BITTEN | 6 | First of Kelley Armstrong's werewolf novels |
| 46% | SOUNDER | 7 | Group of older pigs; 1969 Armstrong book |
| 45% | BOOGER | 6 | Curtis Armstrong role in Revenge of the Nerds |
| 42% | LANCE | 5 | Armstrong who was stripped of his Tour de France titles in 2012 |
| 42% | STEP | 4 | "That's one small ___ ..." (start of a Neil Armstrong quote) |
| 41% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Armstrong, astronaut who is a member of the Boy Scouts of America |
| 41% | SKIES | 5 | "... I see ___ of blue and clouds of white..." (Louis Armstrong hit) |
| 41% | LANCE | 5 | ___ Armstrong, disgraced Tour de France cyclist who was found guilty of cheating |
| 41% | FOURTIMECHAMP | 13 | [Prediction:] Lance Armstrong, at the end of the 2003 20-Across |
| 39% | ISEE | 4 | Louis Armstrong's, "..___ skies of blue and clouds of white...": 2 wds. |
| 39% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Armstrong, astronaut who was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 |
| 39% | STEP | 4 | "That's one small ___ for man ..." (start of a Neil Armstrong quote) |
| 38% | BRETHREN | 8 | Bob Woodward's and Scott Armstrong's 1979 expose of SCOTUS (with "The") |
| 38% | TEAGARDEN | 9 | Jack —, US jazz trombonist; member of sextet Louis Armstrong and his All Stars |
| 37% | ISEE | 4 | "___ trees of green ..." (start of Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World"): 2 wds. |
| 35% | ISEE | 4 | "___ skies of blue and clouds of white..." (words to a Louis Armstrong classic): 2 wds. |
| 35% | MINGUS | 6 | Charles ___, jazz double bassist who collaborated with the likes of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington |
| 35% | CUSTER | 6 | George Armstrong —, US lieutenant colonel killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 |
| 33% | REEKY | 5 | Rancid |
| 33% | SOUR | 4 | Rancid |
| 33% | FETID | 5 | Rancid |
| 33% | DUGGAN | 6 | Andrew —, actor who played General Newton Armstrong in 1968 film comedy The Secret War of Harry Frigg |
| 32% | FROM | 4 | Of |
| 32% | ALDRIN | 6 | Armstrong contemporary |
| 31% | APIAN | 5 | Of bees |