| 100% | RATHBONE | 8 | Basil __ played Sherlock Holmes in the 30s/40s |
| 62% | WILLFERRELL | 11 | "Anchorman" actor who plays Sherlock Holmes in the upcoming movie "Holmes & Watson": 2 wds. |
| 61% | COOK | 4 | Peter ___, actor who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1978 British film "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| 52% | MARY | 4 | ___ Morstan, Watson's wife in the Sherlock Holmes stories who was played by Amanda Abbington on screen |
| 49% | PULPS | 5 | Inexpensive magazines in the 30s and 40s |
| 49% | CUMBERBATCH | 11 | "Doctor Strange" actor Benedict, who plays Sherlock Holmes in BBC's "Sherlock" |
| 48% | BEN | 3 | Nickname for actor Cumberbatch who portrayed Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series "Sherlock" |
| 48% | RATHBONE | 8 | Basil who played Sherlock Holmes |
| 47% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes in "The Woman in Green" |
| 44% | JUDELAW | 7 | Actor who plays John Watson in the 2009 film "Sherlock Holmes" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | IRENEADLER | 10 | Fictional opera singer/actress who outsmarts Sherlock Holmes in the Arthur Conan Doyle story "A Scandal in Bohemia" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JUDELAW | 7 | Costar of Robert Downey, Jr. in the Sherlock Holmes films: 2 wds. |
| 41% | OPIUMDEN | 8 | *Setting in Sherlock Holmes's "The Man with the Twisted Lip" |
| 40% | PIKE | 4 | Langdale ___, gossipmonger in the Sherlock Holmes stories who is introduced in "The Adventure of the Three Gables" |
| 40% | SCARLET | 7 | A Study in __, the first Sherlock Holmes account |
| 39% | IRENE | 5 | The "she" in the line "To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman" |
| 39% | POISOND | 7 | Cause of death in the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" |
| 39% | JUDELAW | 7 | "Alfie" actor who played Dr. Watson in the movie "Sherlock Holmes": 2 wds. |
| 39% | SLEETS | 6 | Occurrences in the 30s, say |
| 39% | AGED | 4 | In the 40s? |
| 39% | IRENE | 5 | Adler of the Sherlock Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia” |
| 38% | THELIONSMANE | 12 | Sherlock Holmes adventure, in brief |
| 38% | PIPESMOKERS | 11 | Sherlock Holmes and the like |
| 38% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes films |
| 38% | JUDELAW | 7 | Played Watson in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes |
| 38% | DEDUCTION | 9 | Skill used by Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes |
| 37% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 14 movies |
| 37% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 15 movies |
| 37% | NIGEL | 5 | Actor Bruce who played Watson in "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" |
| 37% | JONNYLEEMILLER | 14 | Actor who played Sherlock Holmes on "Elementary": 3 wds. |