| 100% | ERTE | 4 | Deco pseudonym from the French pronunciation of initials |
| 70% | ERTE | 4 | Artist's pseudonym formed from the French pronunciation of his initials |
| 45% | ERTE | 4 | Artist whose name is the French pronunciation of "RT" |
| 39% | EMCEE | 5 | Word that comes from the initials of "master of ceremonies" |
| 39% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president from 1933 to 1945 |
| 39% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president from 1933-1945 |
| 39% | AVIGNON | 7 | French site of the Papal court from 1309 |
| 39% | ECLAIR | 6 | Creme-filled oblong pastry whose name comes from the French for a flash of lightning |
| 39% | ESSO | 4 | Gas brand whose name comes from the initials of Standard Oil |
| 39% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the US president from 1963 to 1969 |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose name derives from the initials of its members' first names |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band whose name comes from the first initials of its four members |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 37% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer whose stage name comes from the pronunciation of her first name, Eithne |
| 37% | IKEA | 4 | Store chain whose name partly comes from the initials of its founder, Ingvar Kamprad |
| 37% | TACHISME | 8 | French style of abstract painting from the 1940s associated with Michel Tapie |
| 37% | AURIOL | 6 | Vincent —, president of the Fourth French Republic from 1947-54 |
| 37% | RENECOTY | 8 | President of the French Republic from 1954-59 |
| 37% | NAPOLEON | 8 | Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 |
| 36% | NATO | 4 | Grp. whose initials in French are the reverse of its English initials |
| 35% | ECLAT | 5 | Flamboyance, from the French |
| 35% | BROUHAHA | 8 | Hubbub, from the French |
| 35% | MOT | 3 | Word from the French |
| 35% | BEAU | 4 | Wooer, from the French |
| 35% | SOIREES | 7 | Bashes, from the French |
| 35% | ETAPE | 5 | Encampment, from the French |
| 35% | IDEEFIXE | 8 | Preoccupation, from the French |
| 35% | FETE | 4 | Party, from the French |
| 35% | ADIEUS | 6 | Farewells, from the French |
| 35% | FINIS | 5 | Conclusion, from the French |