| 100% | SON | 3 | Dusty Springfield's "___ of a Preacher Man" |
| 85% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield song) |
| 85% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield hit) |
| 81% | SON | 3 | "___ of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield song on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack) |
| 77% | DUSTY | 5 | "Son of a Preacher Man" singer Springfield |
| 76% | SONOF | 5 | Dusty Springfield's "___ a Preacher Man" |
| 75% | SONOF | 5 | Dusty Springfield's "___ a Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 69% | PREACHER | 8 | Son of a __ Man, 1968 Dusty Springfield hit |
| 69% | PREACHER | 8 | Son of a __ Man, US song by Dusty Springfield |
| 68% | PREACHER | 8 | Son of a __ Man, hit for Dusty Springfield in 1968 |
| 66% | OFA | 3 | Dusty Springfield's "Son ___ Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 64% | INGFIELDUSTYSPR | 15 | "Son of a Preacher Man" artist |
| 63% | PREACHER | 8 | "Son of a ____ Man" (Dusty Springfield hit) |
| 62% | DUSTYINMEMPHIS | 14 | *Classic album featuring "Son of a Preacher Man" |
| 55% | PULPFICTION | 11 | 1994 Quentin Tarantino film whose soundtrack features the 1968 hit song "Son of a Preacher Man" (2 wds.) |
| 50% | SONOF | 5 | Aretha Franklin’s “___ a Preacher Man” |
| 50% | SONOF | 5 | “— a Preacher Man” |
| 49% | JACKET | 6 | Top half of a man's suit |
| 49% | VEST | 4 | Sleeveless part of a man's suit |
| 49% | ALEXI | 5 | Diminutive of a common Russian man's name |
| 48% | ACES | 4 | Part of a dead man's hand |
| 47% | ANIMA | 5 | Feminine side of a man’s personality, in Jungian psychology |
| 47% | ETHANFROME | 10 | Edith Wharton's "ruin of a man" |
| 47% | HIS | 3 | "He's a man of ___ word" |
| 47% | HIS | 3 | ''He's a man of __ word'' |
| 47% | FEW | 3 | "He's a man of ___ words" |
| 46% | DAVID | 5 | Michelangelo's masterpiece of a man statue |
| 45% | ABEL | 4 | Man's name that's a homophone of 16-Across |
| 45% | KIDDO | 5 | Man's familiar term of address for a tot, maybe |
| 45% | BEARD | 5 | Growth of hair on a man's face |