| 100% | SPIES | 5 | Donald Heathfield (real name: Andrey Bezrukov) and his wife, for example |
| 34% | EXES | 4 | Donald and Ivana, for example |
| 31% | WEDS | 4 | Pronounces wife and wife, for example |
| 30% | SACKS | 5 | Oliver —, late British neurologist whose books include 1985's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales |
| 29% | III | 3 | Roman numeral for someone who has the same name as his father and grandfather |
| 29% | PUNS | 4 | The salon names To Dye For and Best Little Hairhouse (both real!), e.g. |
| 29% | SWANN | 5 | Donald —, composer and lyricist best known for his collaborations with Michael Flanders |
| 29% | PHILS | 5 | The first names of Collins and Dunphy, for example: Plural |
| 29% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist and underwater explorer who named hero Dirk Pitt for his son (2 wd.) |
| 29% | OBAMAS | 6 | 44th U.S. President and his wife |
| 28% | ANTIGONE | 8 | Third child of Oedipus and his wife, Jocasta |
| 28% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 28% | OSHEA | 5 | Real first name of Ice Cube and his son |
| 28% | AHAT | 4 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ____" (1985 book) |
| 28% | AHAT | 4 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ___" (1985 book) |
| 28% | ANANIAS | 7 | Killed with his wife for lying to St. Peter |
| 27% | REINDEER | 8 | For example Comet, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen |
| 27% | PIRATES | 7 | For example, Captains Jack Sparrow and Hook |
| 27% | COCO | 4 | "Ice Loves ___" (reality show starring Ice-T and his wife) |
| 27% | AHAT | 4 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ___" (1985 best seller) |
| 27% | AHAT | 4 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for ___" (Oliver Sacks book) |
| 27% | PABARKER | 8 | His wife and sons were Depression-era criminals |
| 27% | LOT | 3 | His wife took a turn for the worse |
| 27% | DUCK | 4 | Donald, for example |
| 27% | HAT | 3 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a ___" (Oliver Sacks book) |
| 27% | SACKS | 5 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" writer Oliver |
| 27% | OLIVER | 6 | "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" writer Sacks |
| 27% | FIVEGUYS | 8 | *Burger chain named for a father and his sons |
| 26% | MELISSA | 7 | Real name of rapper and singer Lizzo |
| 26% | TRANSPORT | 9 | Public __; for example, buses, trains and trams |