| 100% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce of "Sherlock Holmes" films |
| 96% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce of the Sherlock Holmes films |
| 69% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes films |
| 67% | NIGEL | 5 | Actor Bruce of radio's "Sherlock Holmes" |
| 67% | COOK | 4 | Peter ___, actor who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1978 British film "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| 65% | ASTUDYINSCARLET | 15 | Debut of Sherlock Holmes |
| 65% | DOYLE | 5 | Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| 65% | MYCROFT | 7 | Brother of Sherlock Holmes |
| 64% | IRENE | 5 | Adler of Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 64% | MYCROFT | 7 | Elder brother of Sherlock Holmes |
| 64% | ACD | 3 | Monogram of Sherlock Holmes' creator |
| 64% | IRENE | 5 | Adler of Sherlock Holmes fame |
| 64% | MORIARTY | 8 | Arch-enemy of Sherlock Holmes |
| 63% | DEERSTALKER | 11 | Part of Sherlock Holmes's attire |
| 63% | DOYLE | 5 | Arthur Conan ___ (creator of Sherlock Holmes) |
| 63% | ARTHUR | 6 | ___ Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| 63% | SCOTLAND | 8 | __ Yard, workplace of Sherlock Holmes' Lestrade |
| 63% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce of old films |
| 62% | BRETT | 5 | Jeremy ___, 1980s-'90s portrayer of Sherlock Holmes |
| 62% | INSPECTOR | 9 | Lestrade of Sherlock Holmes stories, e.g. |
| 62% | ARTHUR | 6 | Sir __ Conan Doyle, writer of Sherlock Holmes |
| 62% | DOYLE | 5 | Sir Arthur Conan ___, creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| 62% | DERN | 4 | Bruce or Laura of films |
| 61% | ADLER | 5 | Irene who's a frenemy of Sherlock Holmes |
| 61% | WILLIS | 6 | Bruce of the "Die Hard" films |
| 60% | NATE | 4 | With 20-Down, kiddie-lit counterpart of Sherlock Holmes |
| 60% | BASIL | 5 | First name of Sherlock Holmes actor from the 1940s |
| 60% | MORIARTY | 8 | Sherlock Holmes' adversary, the Napoleon of Crime |
| 60% | DERN | 4 | Laura or Bruce of film |
| 59% | SIR | 3 | ___ Arthur Conan Doyle (title for the creator of Sherlock Holmes) |