100% | OVETT | 5 | British Middle-distance runner Steve ___, who in 1987 had bronze statue erected in Brighton, UK that was stolen 20 years later |
25% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Bannister, British middle-distance athlete who ran the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 |
24% | NIMOY | 5 | "I Am Not Spock" memoirist ... who then wrote "I Am Spock" 20 years later |
23% | OVETT | 5 | Middle-distance runner Steve who won gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics |
23% | COE | 3 | UK runner Sebastian who in '79 set 3 world records at 3 different distances in 41 days |
22% | ANNA | 4 | Wintour who has been editor in chief of Vogue for over 30 years |
22% | FARTHING | 8 | British bronze coin that ceased to be legal tender in 1961 |
22% | ARSENIOHALL | 11 | Host of a 1990s late-night talk show that was briefly revived 20 years later |
22% | SNL | 3 | Comedy series that has been running for over 40 years: Abbr. |
21% | WALLSTREET | 10 | 1987 film, starring Michael Douglas as a corporate raider, that had a sequel 23 years later: 2 wds. |
21% | HALLEY | 6 | Comet that is visible from Earth every 75-76 years and was last seen in 1986 |
21% | SNL | 3 | Sketch comedy TV series that has been running for over 40 years: Abbr. |
21% | LIZZO | 5 | Singer/songwriter/flutist who had eight Grammy nominations in 2020 and who was named Time Magazine's 2019 Entertainer of the Year |
21% | SNL | 3 | Show that has been filmed in N.Y.C. for more than forty years |
21% | LADAS | 5 | New cars that will save you 20 to 50 thousand rubles in June, if you have a trade in |
21% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
21% | JAMESCORDEN | 11 | Actor/comedian who announced that he will be leaving his "Late Late Show" in 2023 (2 wds.) |
20% | MILE | 4 | 80% of the distance that Country House ran last year on a very sloppy track |
20% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |
20% | CHINA | 5 | Country that has emitted over 230,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years |
20% | RODSTEWART | 10 | British singer/songwriter who had a Top 20 hit with his version of "Forever Young" in 1988 (2 wds.) |
20% | COLBERT | 7 | Late-night host who joked, in light of news about his show, that "cancel culture has gone too far" |
20% | DISCO | 5 | Music that was popular in the late 1970s |
20% | USA | 3 | Country that has emitted over 400,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years: Abbr. |
20% | THEHUMANTORNADO | 15 | '76 movie starring Rudy Ray Moore who Eddie Murphy portrayed last year in "Dolemite Is My Name" |
20% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
20% | ROOM | 4 | 2015 drama film in which Brie Larson played a woman who has been held captive for seven years |
20% | TIMOTHYDALTON | 13 | Actor from "Wuthering Heights", who has played James Bond in two films (as well as a third that was never released) : 2 wds. |
19% | ROE | 3 | ___ v. Wade (Supreme Court case that was overturned last year) |
19% | HER | 3 | R&B artist who has been nominated for the Song of the Year Grammy for the last three years |