| 100% | HAMMURABI | 9 | Babylonian King, said to be the first set of laws |
| 54% | WAR | 3 | What truth is said to be the first casualty of |
| 53% | RIGA | 4 | European capital said to be the site of the first decorated Christmas tree |
| 52% | THEJUNGLE | 9 | Lions are said to be the kings of this |
| 48% | RATS | 4 | Rodents said to be the first off a sinking ship |
| 48% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 48% | INEEDLOVE | 9 | 1987 hit said to be the first hip-hop love song |
| 47% | COIN | 4 | Be the first to say |
| 47% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Town said to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ |
| 47% | VARIETY | 7 | It's said to be the spice of life |
| 46% | IOS | 3 | Island said to be the home of Homer's tomb |
| 46% | TAHOE | 5 | Western lake said to be the home of the cryptid Tessie |
| 46% | CBGB | 4 | Erstwhile NYC club said to be the birthplace of punk rock |
| 46% | URHAMLET | 8 | Lost manuscript said to be the source of a Shakespeare classic |
| 46% | WIN | 3 | Be the first one to finish a race, say |
| 45% | SELF | 4 | ___-preservation is the first law of Nature |
| 45% | KDKA | 4 | Pittsburgh radio station since 1920, said to be the world's first |
| 45% | CBGB | 4 | Old N.Y.C. club said to be the birthplace of punk |
| 45% | AEAEA | 5 | Mythological island said to be the home of the goddess and sorceress Circe |
| 45% | GRAHAM | 6 | A. __ Bell, said to be inventor of the telephone |
| 44% | EMORY | 5 | Georgia school said to be one of the "Southern Ivies" |
| 44% | STUART | 6 | James I was the first king of this royal dynasty |
| 44% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 43% | WIT | 3 | Brevity is said to be the soul of it |
| 43% | POT | 3 | Container that's said to be at the end of a rainbow |
| 43% | WIT | 3 | Sarcasm is said to be the lowest form of it |
| 43% | IMITATION | 9 | It's said to be the sincerest form of flattery |
| 43% | STE | 3 | ___ Genevieve, founded about 1735 and believed to be the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi |
| 43% | OLGA | 4 | Korbut who was the first inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |
| 42% | LIONCUBS | 8 | They grow up to be kings of the savanna |