| 100% | ARCHRIVAL | 9 | Burger King vis-à-vis McDonald's, fittingly |
| 54% | CHAINS | 6 | McDonald's and Burger King |
| 54% | CHAIN | 5 | McDonald's or Burger King |
| 54% | RIVAL | 5 | Burger King, to McDonald's |
| 51% | RIVAL | 5 | Competitor, like McDonald's to Burger King |
| 51% | WENDYS | 6 | Competitor of McDonald’s and Burger King |
| 50% | FASTFOODS | 9 | Fare at KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, etc. |
| 49% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Type of restaurant like McDonald's or Burger King |
| 48% | ONIONRING | 9 | Item sold at Burger King but not at most McDonald's |
| 48% | KING | 4 | Burger ___, fast food brand that has a rivalry with McDonald's |
| 47% | KIDSMEALS | 9 | Menu options at McDonald’s and Burger King, but not Taco Bell |
| 45% | WHOPPER | 7 | Burger King classic with a meatless version now |
| 43% | CINIMINIS | 9 | Onetime Burger King desserts with a rhyming name |
| 40% | WHOPPER | 7 | Burger King's signature burger |
| 39% | WHOPPERJUNIOR | 13 | Burger King's smaller signature burger |
| 39% | MAC | 3 | McDonald's Big ___ burger |
| 39% | PARTV | 5 | "Wolves of the Calla," vis-à-vis Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" |
| 39% | DAVIDBECKHAM | 12 | British soccer legend who appeared in a 2012 Burger King commercial: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MISERY | 6 | Psychological thriller based on a S. King's novel |
| 39% | FRITES | 6 | Side order at a French McDonald's |
| 38% | SPAM | 4 | McDonald's ___ and Oreo Burger |
| 38% | COLIN | 5 | With 32-Across, actor who won a Best Actor Oscar as King George VI in "The King's Speech" |
| 38% | TUT | 3 | King in a celebrated 1970s U.S. tour |
| 38% | POISONER | 8 | Claudius, vis-à-vis King Hamlet |
| 38% | MEAL | 4 | McDonald's has a "Happy" one |
| 37% | MAC | 3 | "Big" McDonald's burger |
| 37% | QUARTERPOUNDERS | 15 | Some McDonald's burgers |
| 37% | DRIVETHRU | 9 | Many a McDonald's |
| 37% | PRINCE | 6 | A king's son |
| 37% | REIGN | 5 | A King's tenure |