| 100% | APOLLO | 6 | Creed who went by the nicknames "The Master of Disaster" and "The Dancing Destroyer", among others |
| 42% | STEVEAUSTIN | 11 | Retired WWE wrestler who goes by the nickname "Stone Cold" and has acted in a number of films, most notably "The Expendables": 2 wds. |
| 40% | IRWINALLEN | 10 | Television and movie producer who earned the nickname the "Master of Disaster" for productions such as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "The Towering Inferno" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HARLEYQUINN | 11 | DC supervillain who goes by the name of Harleen Frances Quinzel, and appears in "Suicide Squad": 2 wds. |
| 37% | BLACK | 5 | ___ Widow, Marvel character who goes by the name of Natalia Romanoff and appears in "The Avengers" movies |
| 37% | WITCH | 5 | Scarlet ___, Marvel superheroine who goes by the name of Wanda Maximoff and appears in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" |
| 36% | WONDERWOMAN | 11 | DC superheroine who goes by the name of Princess Diana, and appears in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice": 2 wds. |
| 35% | TYSON | 5 | Mike ___, boxing star who went by the nickname "Iron Mike" |
| 34% | DONOVAN | 7 | 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who went by his first name only and had the hit "Mellow Yellow" |
| 33% | JERRYSEINFELD | 13 | The lead character from "Seinfeld", who is a semi-fictional version of the actor who plays the role and goes by the same name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HOGTOWN | 7 | Toronto goes by the name of this porcine nickname |
| 32% | MYSTIC | 6 | Masters of the ___ Arts (Dr. Strange and others) |
| 31% | IDINA | 5 | ___ Menzel, actress and singer who has been nicknamed the "Queen of Broadway" |
| 31% | DWAYNEJOHNSON | 13 | Wrestler who went by The Rock, who is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 30% | TYRA | 4 | First name of the supermodel who now goes by "BanX" |
| 30% | PUDGE | 5 | Nickname shared by the Baseball Hall of Famers Carlton Fisk and Iván Rodríguez |
| 30% | SEAN | 4 | Combs who has used the monikers Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, and Diddy, among others |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Laila who dances in and out of the ring |
| 29% | DAKOTAFANNING | 13 | "War of the Worlds" star who goes by her middle name, not her first name, Hannah: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BMWS | 4 | Autos in a series of “art cars” painted by Andy Warhol and Jenny Holzer, among others |
| 29% | AMENCORNER | 10 | Nickname of a tough section of the Masters course (holes 11, 12, and 13) (2 wds.) |
| 29% | LOUISAMAYALCOTT | 15 | Author who created the characters named by the starts of 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across |
| 29% | TWIST | 5 | 1960s dance characterised by gyrations of the arms and hips |
| 29% | TWIST | 5 | 1960s dance characterized by gyrations of the arms and hips |
| 28% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the Yankee who once dated Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, and Torrie Wilson: Hyph. |
| 28% | TUT | 3 | King who's the subject of a song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons |
| 28% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 28% | VERB | 4 | Name of the early 2000s campaign by the CDC to increase and maintain physical activity among tweens |