| 100% | IANBLAIR | 8 | Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 2005-08 |
| 42% | MAUDE | 5 | Francis —, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2005-07 |
| 42% | MAUDE | 5 | Francis -, Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2005-07 |
| 42% | PAUL | 4 | & 1D President of the World Bank Group from 2005-07 |
| 41% | CSI | 3 | Drama that was the #1 show of the season from fall 2002 to spring 2005 |
| 41% | HOWELLS | 7 | Kim —, Labour MP for Pontypridd from 1989-2010; Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2005-08 |
| 40% | STEVESPURRIER | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SITH | 4 | "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the ___," 2005 movie from the prequel trilogy of the "Skywalker saga" |
| 38% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Actor from "The Shawshank Redemption," who narrated the 2005 nature documentary "March of the Penguins": 2 wds. |
| 37% | TAKE | 4 | "Don't have to always be right, let me ___ some of the punches" (lyric from a 2005 song) |
| 37% | IRMA | 4 | The name of the waitress from "Garfield" |
| 36% | HARDIE | 6 | Keir —, British chairman of the Labour Party from 1906-08 |
| 36% | ASTRO | 5 | The name of the dog from "The Jetsons" |
| 36% | SID | 3 | The name of the sloth from "Ice Age" |
| 36% | BRIAN | 5 | The name of the dog from "Family Guy" |
| 36% | EXODUS | 6 | Departure of the Israelites from Egypt |
| 36% | MONICA | 6 | One of the friends from "Friends" |
| 36% | GORDON | 6 | Police commissioner of comics |
| 36% | RYLANCE | 7 | Mark —, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre, London, from 1995-2005 |
| 35% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | President of the US from 1961-63 |
| 35% | MINUET | 6 | "The ___ of the Courtiers" from "Rigoletto" |
| 35% | MIAMI | 5 | Metropolis east of the Everglades |
| 35% | ASIAN | 5 | From east of the Urals |
| 35% | LATVIAN | 7 | From one of the Baltics |
| 35% | ASIATIC | 7 | From east of the Urals |
| 35% | AFRIC | 5 | From south of the Mediterranean |
| 35% | DALYELL | 7 | Tam —, Labour MP from 1962-2005; 2001-05 Father of the House |
| 35% | RYLANCE | 7 | Mark —, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre in London from 1995-2005 |
| 35% | SALEM | 5 | The name of the cat from "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" |
| 35% | LONGITUDE | 9 | One of two of the coordinates, from North to South |