| 100% | ELY | 3 | Culbertson, "the man who made contract bridge" |
| 57% | ROGETS | 6 | Its origin story is told in The Man Who Made Lists |
| 50% | GAGARIN | 7 | Yuri —, Soviet cosmonaut who made the first manned space flight in 1961 |
| 49% | KROC | 4 | Ray or Joan of “Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald’s Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away” |
| 49% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid, in contract bridge |
| 48% | FELLTO | 6 | The Man Who ___ Earth |
| 46% | FOUNDINGFATHERS | 15 | Men who made 20 Across possible |
| 46% | EVEREST | 7 | The Man Who Skied Down __, documentary |
| 46% | JIMHENSON | 9 | The man who created the Muppets characters |
| 45% | DONDRAPER | 9 | Mad Men character who made the finale's Coke ad |
| 45% | EINSTEIN | 8 | The man who discovered the theory of relativity |
| 45% | WONDER | 6 | Stevie, the man who sings Superstition |
| 45% | ENDS | 4 | Targets of men who make passes |
| 44% | ICARUS | 6 | The man who flew too close to the sun |
| 44% | ELI | 3 | ___ Manning, football quarterback who retired in 2020 and has made it to the Pro Bowl four times |
| 44% | HERSCHEL | 8 | Surname of the man who discovered Uranus |
| 43% | BELL | 4 | Surname of the man who invented the telephone |
| 43% | SOLDTHEWORLD | 12 | David Bowie's "The Man Who ___," which was made popular by Kurt Cobain: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MAGELLAN | 8 | Man who named the Pacific Ocean |
| 43% | ALANSHEPARD | 11 | Man who walked on the moon |
| 43% | TREBEK | 6 | Man who had all the answers? |
| 43% | NOAH | 4 | Man who built the 23 Across |
| 43% | SEAMEN | 6 | Men who work on the ocean |
| 42% | GUTENBERG | 9 | Surname of the man who invented the printing press |
| 42% | TOEARTH | 7 | David Bowie sci-fi film, The Man Who Fell __ |
| 42% | MRBIRTHDAYS | 11 | Man who's annually in the doghouse? |
| 42% | SCROOGE | 7 | Man who saw the ghosts of Christmas |
| 42% | GLENN | 5 | Senator who made the rounds |
| 42% | JOEL | 4 | ___ McHale, "Community" actor who made a cameo in the 2004 "Spider-Man 2" movie |
| 42% | ALEWIFE | 7 | Woman who makes the rounds? |