| 100% | KIDS | 4 | Cabbage Patch ___, popular toy in the '80s |
| 57% | DEF | 3 | ___ Leppard, popular band in the 80s |
| 48% | BEANS | 5 | Cool ___, making a comeback is this "chili" slangy term for approval that was popular in the '80s |
| 47% | TEASE | 5 | To frizz and puff your hair, popular in the 80s |
| 45% | JEEVES | 6 | Ask ___, answer engine popular in the '90s and 2000s now called Ask.com |
| 45% | AOL | 3 | ___ Instant Messenger aka AIM, instant messaging service that was popular in the '90s |
| 44% | INDIA | 5 | ___ pale ale, hoppy beer named after Delhi's country that became popular in the 1800s |
| 43% | SCOTT | 5 | ___ Weiland, lead singer for Stone Temple Pilots, rock band that was popular in the '90s |
| 43% | CHRIS | 5 | ___ Cornell, lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, rock bands that were popular in the '90s |
| 43% | ASS | 3 | "The ___ in the Lion's Skin," another popular fable by 27a |
| 43% | BOOTH | 5 | Popular place to make a phone call, in the '50s |
| 42% | TEA | 3 | Sweet ___ (drink that's popular in the South) |
| 42% | DISK | 4 | Floppy ___, storage device that's still the symbol for "save" despite not being in popular use |
| 40% | SMOKED | 6 | ___ cocktail, drinks infused using wood chips that became popular in the late 2000s |
| 40% | GTOS | 4 | Hot rods popular in the '60s |
| 40% | TEDDY | 5 | ___ Ruxpin, talking toy of the '80s who could reenact stories |
| 40% | KURT | 4 | ___ Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, rock band that was popular in the 1990s |
| 39% | MICROS | 6 | PCs, if you're still living in the '80s |
| 39% | MATCHA | 6 | ___ tea latte, green drink that became popular in the 2010s and is now a Starbucks offering |
| 39% | PETS | 4 | Rocks in the '80s, e.g. |
| 38% | ELF | 3 | Toy-maker, in the North Pole |
| 38% | BOB | 3 | "___ the Builder," popular cartoon with a palindromic name in its title |
| 38% | STIPE | 5 | Michael ___, lead singer of R.E.M, rock band that was popular in the 1990s |
| 38% | POKE | 4 | ___ bowl, Hawaiian dish with raw fish, rice, and topping that became popular in the 2010s |
| 38% | PATCH | 5 | Cabbage ___ Kids, '80s cloth dolls with plastic heads that starred in their own TV movies |
| 38% | THORIN | 6 | __ Oakenshield, Dwarves' leader in The Hobbit |
| 38% | HATTER | 6 | The Mad ___, character in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" |
| 37% | DREAMONRAGDOLL | 14 | "You'll never make it big in the toy industry, Holly Hobbie!" |
| 37% | OYL | 3 | Olive ___, spinach-eating sailor's gal in the cartoons |
| 37% | AVOCADO | 7 | ___ toast (guacamole fruit), open sandwich that became popular in the 2010s and is now a breakfast staple |