| 100% | BADER | 5 | Douglas —, British fighter pilot who lost both his legs in a flying accident in 1931 |
| 31% | FRANKLIN | 8 | Benjamin, US inventor who flew his kite in a storm |
| 30% | SOLO | 4 | "Star Wars" pilot who, despite his name, flies with a co-pilot |
| 29% | BRAHE | 5 | Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a duel |
| 29% | BRAHE | 5 | Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a sword duel |
| 28% | BRAHE | 5 | Danish astronomer Tycho who lost part of his nose in a duel |
| 27% | RODSTEWART | 10 | British singer/songwriter who had a Top 20 hit with his version of "Forever Young" in 1988 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable? |
| 27% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable |
| 26% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 26% | DROZ | 4 | Physician who lost to John Fetterman in a 2022 Senate race |
| 26% | MRBEAN | 6 | British TV character who once drove his car from a chair on the roof |
| 25% | HUSKISSON | 9 | British MP, first VIP to die in a rail accident |
| 25% | LISA | 4 | Simpson who lost a crossword contest in 2008 |
| 25% | MASON | 5 | Perry who lost only one case in his career |
| 25% | BLERIOT | 7 | Louis, pilot who flew the English Channel in 1909 |
| 25% | ERIC | 4 | Politician Cantor who lost a reelection bid in 2014 |
| 25% | FRANK | 5 | ___ Marshall, producer of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" who appears as the Flying Wing pilot in the movie |
| 25% | DAVIDBECKHAM | 12 | Retired British soccer star who reportedly insured his legs for $70 million: 2 wds. |
| 25% | FALSENOSE | 9 | Tycho Brahe had one, losing his original in a duel |
| 25% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost in a landslide |
| 25% | BALLOONIST | 10 | One who flies in a basket |
| 24% | BOXERS | 6 | Fighters who take part in bouts in a ring |
| 24% | HARE | 4 | Rabbit's kin who lost to a tortoise, in a popular fable |
| 24% | SHRAPNEL | 8 | British-army officer who lent his name to a shell |
| 24% | AHAB | 4 | Captain who lost a leg to Moby Dick |
| 24% | NEMO | 4 | Fish who was lost in a Pixar movie |
| 24% | NEMO | 4 | Clownfish who gets lost in a Pixar film |
| 24% | WALDO | 5 | Guy who’s always lost in a crowd |
| 24% | EDEL | 4 | Leon who won both a Pulitzer and a National Book Award in 1963 |