| 100% | VALET | 5 | Assistant at a fancy parking lot, with a silent "t" in his name |
| 55% | VALET | 5 | Assistant at a fancy parking lot |
| 46% | DEBUT | 5 | Actor's first appearance, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 46% | BOUQUET | 7 | Handheld flower bunch, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 45% | BALLET | 6 | "Black Swan" dance form, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 45% | BERET | 5 | Painter's floppy French headwear, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 44% | CROCHET | 7 | Textile-creating hobby involving yarn and hooks, with a silent "t" in its name |
| 44% | JUSTIN | 6 | Byzantine with a dynasty created in his name |
| 43% | VALET | 5 | Parking assistant, at a fancy hotel |
| 42% | YACHT | 5 | Vessel with a silent "ch" in its name |
| 41% | BULLY | 5 | Playground tyrant with a "bull" in his name |
| 38% | ALGORE | 6 | Vice president with a "Jr." in his name |
| 38% | TIGGER | 6 | A.A. Milne's feline character, also friend of 18d, with double "G's" in his name |
| 38% | PAN | 3 | Neverland's Peter with a crepe-making utensil in his name |
| 38% | NAS | 3 | Rapper with a Harvard hip-hop fellowship named in his honor |
| 38% | TPAIN | 5 | One-named rapper with a hyphen in his name |
| 38% | NEYO | 4 | "Sexy Love" singer with a hypen in his name |
| 37% | MARIOCUOMO | 10 | Former governor with a New York City bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MORGAN | 6 | John P. __, US banker with a company in his name |
| 37% | BOBDENVER | 9 | "Gilligan's Island" actor with a city in his name |
| 37% | OBOE | 4 | Woodwind instrument with a lot of vowels in its name |
| 37% | NICK | 4 | "Jealous" singer Jonas with a synonym for a "small imperfection" in his name |
| 37% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who shares his name with a city in Florida |
| 36% | CHARLIE | 7 | ___ Chaplin, silent film star who shares his name with a "Peanuts" character |
| 36% | MANOFTHEPEOPLE | 14 | Guy who wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth |
| 36% | EDNORTON | 8 | Glass Onion actor who shares his name with a character in The Honeymooners |
| 35% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | "Waiting for Godot" playwright with a Dublin bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Hockey Hall of Famer with a Detroit bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARK | 4 | Actor Ruffalo of "Poor Things" with a synonym for a "small imperfection" in his name |
| 34% | BLUEBERRY | 9 | A small fruit with a primary color in its name |