| 100% | OTT | 3 | Baseball great who had a career batting 1-Down of .304 |
| 43% | TYCOBB | 6 | Hall of Famer who has the highest career batting average in baseball history (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BOYD | 4 | Jimmy who had a No. 1 hit at the age of 13 with "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" |
| 37% | TALIA | 5 | Shire who had a "Rocky" career |
| 37% | MICHAELJORDAN | 13 | Former Chicago Bulls' shooting guard who has a net worth of $1 billion: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NIN | 3 | Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" |
| 36% | SKEPTICS | 8 | People who have a lot of doubts |
| 36% | SOT | 3 | One who has a lot of screwdrivers? |
| 36% | DIVA | 4 | Star who has a lot of demands |
| 36% | NOELFIELDING | 12 | Comedian/actor who has been a co-presenter of "The Great British Bake Off" with 40-Across since 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LEMONY | 6 | Snicket who had a series of unfortunate events |
| 36% | KAYKYSER | 8 | *Bandleader who had a "Kollege of Musical Knowledge" |
| 35% | JONAH | 5 | Biblical prophet who had a whale of a time? |
| 35% | LEGEND | 6 | John who had a hit with All Of Me |
| 35% | SCHOLAR | 7 | Someone who has a deep knowledge of a subject |
| 35% | LEAN | 4 | Person who has a small amount of body fat |
| 35% | HUMPTYDUMPTY | 12 | Nursery rhyme character who had a great fall (2 wds.) |
| 34% | CROCS | 5 | Big reptiles who have a brand of shoes named after them |
| 34% | LIAMPAYNE | 9 | One Direction singer who has a fear of spoons: 2 wds. |
| 34% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman who has a species of lizard named after her |
| 34% | COBB | 4 | He had a .367 career batting average |
| 34% | BONDS | 5 | Baseball great who was the subject of the 2006 best seller "Game of Shadows" |
| 34% | OTT | 3 | Baseball great who led his team in home runs 18 years in a row |
| 34% | MEARA | 5 | Actress Anne who had a recurring role on "The King of Queens" |
| 34% | RHAMES | 6 | Ving who had a cameo in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" |
| 34% | COLDPLAY | 8 | Band who had a Rush of Blood to the Head in 2002 |
| 34% | KYRA | 4 | Actress Sedgwick who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 34% | ABBE | 4 | Singer Lane, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 34% | TAYLOR | 6 | ___ Swift, "Willow" singer who has a species of millipede named after her |
| 34% | RIHANNA | 7 | Barbadian singer who had a No. 1 smash "SOS" |