| 100% | BEAU | 4 | Brother to Jeff Bridges, whose name sounds like "bow" |
| 55% | CHER | 4 | Star whose name sounds like something nice to do |
| 55% | ASIA | 4 | Continent whose name sounds like the answer to 26-Down |
| 54% | BEIRUT | 6 | Foreign capital whose name sounds like a water passage to San Francisco |
| 53% | SPEKE | 5 | English explorer whose name sounds like something you might say to a dog |
| 53% | AJA | 3 | 1977 Steely Dan album whose name sounds like the answer to 43-Across |
| 52% | ABEL | 4 | Biblical brother whose name sounds like 12-Across |
| 50% | ALBEN | 5 | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| 49% | GOB | 3 | "Arrested Development" brother whose name sounds like a Bible character |
| 47% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name sounds like "you" |
| 47% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name sounds like "U" |
| 47% | LAOS | 4 | Country whose name sounds like "louse" |
| 47% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like you? |
| 47% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like new? |
| 47% | SEOUL | 5 | City whose name sounds like a fish |
| 47% | ICET | 4 | Rapper whose name sounds like a drink |
| 47% | ONO | 3 | Singer whose name sounds like a cry |
| 47% | GNU | 3 | African antelope whose name sounds like "new" |
| 47% | ONO | 3 | Artist whose name sounds like 58-Down |
| 47% | EWE | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like a pronoun |
| 47% | FIR | 3 | Tree whose name sounds like dog hair |
| 47% | EULER | 5 | Mathematician whose name sounds like a ship |
| 47% | ICET | 4 | Celebrity whose name sounds like a drink |
| 47% | KORN | 4 | Band whose name sounds like a vegetable |
| 47% | CASHEW | 6 | Nut whose name sounds like a sneeze |
| 47% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name sounds like "I sprinted" |
| 47% | ANT | 3 | Bug whose name sounds like a relative |
| 47% | MICAH | 5 | Prophet whose name sounds like a mineral |
| 47% | ORE | 3 | Material whose name sounds like a conjunction |
| 47% | SARI | 4 | Garment whose name sounds like an apology |