| 100% | WARDS | 5 | Cornerbacks Charvarius of the Chiefs and Denzel of the Browns |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | State of the Reds and Browns |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | Home state of the Reds and the Browns |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the Browns and the Blue Jackets |
| 42% | NOC | 3 | Chief ___-A-Homa (original mascot of the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves) |
| 41% | OHIO | 4 | Home state of the Reds, Cavaliers, and Browns |
| 41% | WOLFRAMITE | 10 | Brown or black mineral; the chief ore of tungsten |
| 41% | AIREDALE | 8 | Brown and black dog, the largest of the terriers |
| 40% | MANILA | 6 | Capital and chief port of the Philippines |
| 40% | FARMERSTAN | 10 | Brown on the arms and the back of the neck |
| 40% | SANTODOMINGO | 12 | Capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic |
| 40% | AMTRAK | 6 | Operator of the Texas Eagle and Southwest Chief |
| 39% | SANTO | 5 | & 14D Capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic |
| 39% | HUBIE | 5 | Brown who was NBA Coach of the Year in 1978 and 2004 |
| 39% | TIDAL | 5 | Of the rising and falling of the sea |
| 38% | BLAXPLOITATION | 14 | Genre of the 1970s movies "Foxy Brown" and "Three the Hard Way" |
| 38% | IVES | 4 | Charles —, composer of the works Robert Browning Overture and Variations on America |
| 37% | DAVYS | 5 | Jones of the sea and Crockett of the Alamo |
| 37% | COSMOLOGY | 9 | Study of the origin and evolution of the universe |
| 37% | POLES | 5 | The top and bottom of the Earth |
| 37% | LINACRE | 7 | Thomas —, chief founder and first president of the Royal College of Physicians in London |
| 36% | AMON | 4 | Egyptian King of the gods and god of the wind |
| 36% | TAPPER | 6 | Jake, host of The Lead and State of the Union |
| 36% | TDS | 3 | The Rams scored none of these in the '19 Super Bowl, and the Chiefs none in '21 |
| 36% | PRIORY | 6 | Dan Brown's conspiracy novel of 2003 investigated the mysterious and fraternal organization "___ of Sion" |
| 36% | PATHOLOGY | 9 | The science of the causes and effects of diseases |
| 36% | PATHOLOGY | 9 | The science of the causes and effects of disease |
| 36% | COSMO | 5 | Telepathic spacedog who is the security chief of Knowhere and member of "Guardians of the Galaxy" |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Cornerback Apple of the Saints |
| 35% | THALIA | 6 | Name shared by one of the Graces and one of the Muses |