| 100% | SONOF | 5 | Dusty Springfield's "___ a Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 88% | OFA | 3 | Dusty Springfield's "Son ___ Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 77% | SONOF | 5 | Dusty Springfield's "___ a Preacher Man" |
| 70% | SON | 3 | Dusty Springfield's "___ of a Preacher Man" |
| 63% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield song) |
| 63% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield hit) |
| 59% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield song on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack) |
| 58% | PULPFICTION | 11 | 1994 Quentin Tarantino film whose soundtrack features the 1968 hit song "Son of a Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | DUSTY | 5 | "Son of a Preacher Man" singer Springfield |
| 53% | SAMROCKWELL | 11 | "Iron Man 2" actor who played a kidnapped tech genius in "Charlie's Angels": 2 wds. |
| 52% | SONOF | 5 | Aretha Franklin’s “___ a Preacher Man” |
| 51% | ONA | 3 | John's a man ___ mission (2 wds.) |
| 50% | IWERE | 5 | "If ___ a Rich Man": 2 wds. |
| 47% | TAKEIT | 6 | ___ like a man: 2 wds. |
| 47% | SONOF | 5 | “— a Preacher Man” |
| 45% | YESSIR | 6 | Emphatic agreement with a man: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NOSIR | 5 | Polite denial to a man: 2 wds. |
| 44% | INGFIELDUSTYSPR | 15 | "Son of a Preacher Man" artist |
| 44% | ORA | 3 | '... a man ___ mouse?' (2 wds) |
| 43% | DUSTYINMEMPHIS | 14 | *Classic album featuring "Son of a Preacher Man" |
| 42% | IFI | 3 | "___ Were a Rich Man" ("Fiddler on the Roof" song): 2 wds. |
| 41% | PREACHER | 8 | "Son of a ____ Man" (Dusty Springfield hit) |
| 41% | TOOBAD | 6 | "That's a shame!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | NOTSO | 5 | "That's a lie!": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ALAD | 4 | Young man: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NOONE | 5 | "___ knows what it's like, to be a bad man": 2 wds |
| 41% | PREACHER | 8 | Son of a __ Man, 1968 Dusty Springfield hit |
| 40% | SMASHHIT | 8 | Song that's a huge success: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OFNO | 4 | Oscar Wilde's "A Woman ___ Importance": 2 wds. |
| 40% | OHMAN | 5 | "That's a real shame": 2 wds. |