| 100% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel, or a destructive compound |
| 62% | TLC | 3 | Cable channel, or affection from a nurse |
| 58% | ION | 3 | Charged particle, or a basic cable channel |
| 58% | ION | 3 | Former Saturn model, or a basic cable channel |
| 46% | TCM | 3 | Cable channel with a "superstar" wine club |
| 45% | HGTV | 4 | Cable channel for those with a green thumb |
| 45% | HSN | 3 | Cable channel with a lot of sales pitches |
| 45% | TNT | 3 | Cable channel with a name that sounds explosive |
| 45% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel that runs a fantasy football league |
| 45% | OWN | 3 | Cable channel named for a talk show host |
| 45% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel with a popular fantasy football league |
| 45% | CORD | 4 | Cable or a rope |
| 45% | SHO | 3 | Cable channel with a "Twin Peaks" remake, for short |
| 45% | AMC | 3 | Cable channel with a seasonal "Best Christmas Ever" lineup |
| 44% | TNT | 3 | Explosive material or a TV channel: Abbr. |
| 44% | GSN | 3 | Cable channel airing reruns of "Deal or No Deal": Abbr. |
| 44% | CNN | 3 | Cable channel whose website has a "News and Buzz" section |
| 44% | TMC | 3 | Cable channel with a film podcast called "The Plot Thickens" |
| 44% | LIFELINE | 8 | Vital link or a safety cable at sea |
| 43% | MTV | 3 | Cable channel that gives a movie award for Best Shirtless Performance |
| 43% | ION | 3 | Cable channel whose name is also a word meaning "charged particle" |
| 42% | TMC | 3 | Cable channel with a "Splatterday" double feature of horror films on Saturdays |
| 42% | TMC | 3 | Cable channel with a film and filmmakers podcast called "The Plot Thickens" |
| 42% | SHO | 3 | Cable channel with "The Chi" and "City on a Hill," for short |
| 42% | RIVERBED | 8 | Channel where a river flows, or has flowed |
| 41% | GSN | 3 | Cable channel whose original shows include "Master Minds" and "25 Words or Less" |
| 41% | TBS | 3 | Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues |
| 41% | CNN | 3 | Cable channel that once won a Four Freedoms Award for freedom of speech |
| 41% | HOPPINGON | 9 | Boarding, as a bus or cable car |
| 41% | HBO | 3 | Cable channel whose first broadcast, in 1972, was the movie "Sometimes a Great Notion" |