| 100% | TANNOY | 6 | Colloquial term for a public address system taken from the name of a firm set up by Guy Fountain in 1926 |
| 32% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 31% | PAPARAZZI | 9 | Term that comes from the name of a news photographer in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” |
| 30% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 28% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 27% | KNOCKON | 7 | Term in rugby for the accidental propelling of a ball from the hands or arms in the direction of the opponents' dead-ball line |
| 27% | LARD | 4 | Fat from the abdomen of a pig rendered and clarified for use in cooking |
| 27% | LONDON | 6 | "___ Calling," song by British punk rock band the Clash which has the name of a city in its title that is known for the clock tower"Big Ben" |
| 26% | DEAL | 4 | Word that appears twice in the name of a game show hosted by Howie Mandel |
| 26% | SONY | 4 | Tech giant that originally got its name from a combination of the Latin word for sound and a slang term for a young boy |
| 26% | SPARE | 5 | Bowling term ... or the name of a memoir by Prince Harry |
| 26% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 26% | JOHNNYENGLISH | 13 | A comically incompetent spy for "MI7," created as a parody of 50a, and portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in the films by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 26% | MAINDIAGONAL | 12 | Term in linear algebra for the series of entries in a square matrix extending from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner |
| 26% | BLACK | 5 | "___ Balloon," hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls from their album "Dizzy Up the Girl" that was nominated for a Grammy in 2000 |
| 26% | KIWI | 4 | Name of a fruit and the informal term for a New Zealander |
| 26% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 26% | INFLATION | 9 | Economic term for a decline in the value of money |
| 26% | CAROM | 5 | American term for a cannon in the game of pool |
| 25% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 25% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Pacific Ocean atoll taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 25% | BRO | 3 | Friendly term of address for a guy |
| 25% | WARS | 4 | "Star ___," classic arcade game released by Atari in 1983 in which the goal is to survive for a set time from the shots fired by enemies |
| 25% | OUT | 3 | ___ of Bounds, term for a player who touches any boundary line in the NFL |
| 25% | SODA | 4 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 25% | POP | 3 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 25% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Atoll in the Pacific Ocean taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 25% | GLEN | 4 | Good name for a guy living in the valley |
| 25% | HEGOTGAME | 9 | 1998 Public Enemy single written for a Spike Lee film of the same name |