| 100% | ENTRY | 5 | Contest winner, necessarily |
| 66% | VICTOR | 6 | Contest winner |
| 63% | DONE | 4 | Contest winner's cry |
| 63% | GLEE | 4 | Contest winner's feeling |
| 61% | MISSINDIANAROSS | 15 | Contest winner runs into singer? |
| 61% | DONE | 4 | Contest winner's cry, perhaps |
| 58% | TIARA | 5 | Beauty contest winner's crown |
| 58% | ABBA | 4 | 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winner |
| 58% | ABBA | 4 | 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winners |
| 56% | DRAW | 4 | Contest without a winner |
| 55% | ABBA | 4 | 1974 Eurovision Song Contest winners with Waterloo |
| 54% | DION | 4 | Celine —, 1988 Eurovision Song Contest winner representing Switzerland |
| 54% | CHAMPION | 8 | Winner of a contest, event, race |
| 54% | BESTSHELLER | 11 | Winner of a pea-preparing contest? |
| 52% | OVERSIZEDCHECKS | 15 | Large props held by contest winners in publicity photos |
| 51% | OLAF | 4 | Snoopy's brother and "ugly dog contest" winner |
| 50% | NICOLE | 6 | 1982 Eurovision Song Contest winner for Germany with A Little Peace |
| 50% | MUSTARDYELLOW | 13 | Shade of a Nathan's hot-dog contest winner's belt |
| 49% | CLOSEST | 7 | Like the winner in a guessing contest |
| 49% | CORNUNDERDOG | 12 | Unlikely winner of a trite joke contest? |
| 49% | NEATEST | 7 | Like the winner of a handwriting contest |
| 48% | DANA | 4 | 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner; 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate |
| 48% | DANA | 4 | 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate; 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner |
| 48% | CLOSEST | 7 | Like the winner in a number-guessing contest |
| 46% | ABBA | 4 | Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 45% | DION | 4 | Celine —, winner of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland |
| 43% | ALCS | 4 | MLB postseason contest whose winner goes to the World Series (Abbr.) |
| 42% | CUTEST | 6 | Like a baby-contest winner |
| 42% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet that was Sweden's first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest |
| 42% | TEACHIN | 7 | Dutch winners of the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with Ding-a-dong |