| 100% | VERNE | 5 | Author with a restaurant at the Eiffel Tower named for him |
| 36% | PENNE | 5 | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| 36% | PESTO | 5 | Sauce with a name derived from the Italian for "pounded" |
| 36% | SARDI | 5 | A Manhattan restaurant is named for him |
| 35% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 35% | MARYKAY | 7 | Cosmetics company named for a woman with the last name Ash: 2 wds. |
| 35% | UKE | 3 | Hawaiian stringed instrument, with a name originating from the Hawaiian language, for short |
| 35% | EIFFEL | 6 | Gustave with a tower named after him |
| 35% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur with a stadium named for him |
| 35% | MAO | 3 | Leader with a jacket named for him |
| 35% | SOUSA | 5 | Composer with a horn named for him |
| 35% | PONZI | 5 | Swindler with a scheme named for him |
| 35% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Navigator with a strait named for him |
| 35% | EXAM | 4 | Test at the end of an academic year, with a name originating from Latin |
| 35% | FIRST | 5 | With 1-Down, tradition for the married couple at a wedding reception |
| 35% | THOR | 4 | God with a day of the week named after him |
| 34% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president |
| 34% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 34% | NINERS | 6 | San Francisco-based athletes with a team name inspired by the California Gold Rush, for short |
| 34% | PITOT | 5 | French physicist with a tube named for him |
| 34% | BOWIE | 5 | Alamo hero with a knife named for him |
| 34% | TSO | 3 | General with a Chinese dish named for him |
| 34% | SAARLAND | 8 | German state named for a river, with "the" |
| 34% | PABST | 5 | Milwaukee theater named for a brewer, with "the" |
| 34% | PONZI | 5 | Swindler with a ''scheme'' named for him |
| 33% | MOONSTONE | 9 | Alternate name for sandakada pahana, a semi-circular stone slab at the bottom of old Sri Lankan staircases |
| 33% | AAMILNE | 7 | Author with a son named Christopher Robin |
| 33% | ARI | 3 | Hollywood agent Emanuel who shares a first name with the "Entourage" character he inspired |
| 33% | OSU | 3 | Rhythm game that shares its name with the abbreviation for a Big 10 school |
| 33% | LIT | 3 | Like the Eiffel Tower at night |