| 100% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who watched his kingdom burn, while playing a fiddle |
| 51% | NERO | 4 | Roman Emperor who played the fiddle while Rome burned |
| 44% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who reputedly fiddled while Rome burned |
| 44% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who supposedly fiddled while Rome burned |
| 44% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who purportedly fiddled while Rome burned |
| 36% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who supposedly played the fiddle |
| 35% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who played the fiddle |
| 35% | AUDIENCE | 8 | Those who watch a show or play |
| 33% | NERO | 4 | Emperor said to have fiddled while Rome burned |
| 33% | CALIGULA | 8 | Roman Emperor who made his horse a senator |
| 33% | NERO | 4 | This emperor fiddled while Rome burned |
| 33% | NERO | 4 | This emperor allegedly fiddled while Rome burned |
| 31% | DIAGNOSISMURDER | 15 | Series on which Dick Van Dyke played a doctor who solves crimes with his detective son |
| 30% | BIRD | 4 | Larry ___, basketballer who once played most of a game with his left hand |
| 30% | MATTLEBLANC | 11 | "Friends" actor who plays Adam Burns on "Man With a Plan": 2 wds. |
| 30% | RANCHER | 7 | Someone who watches his head? |
| 30% | ELBA | 4 | Idris who trained as a kickboxer while making his new film, "The Dark Tower" |
| 29% | ROBERTPARISH | 12 | Hall-of-Fame Celtics center who played in the NBA while a grandfather: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BRETTFAVRE | 10 | Hall-of-Fame Packers quarterback who played in the NFL while a grandfather: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LLOYD | 5 | Emily —, actress who played Jessie Burns in 1992 film drama A River Runs Through It |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who fiddled around? |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who married his stepsister |
| 28% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | US president who got a speeding ticket while driving his horse and buggy in Washington: 3 wds. |
| 28% | HUGH | 4 | ___ Grant, "Love Actually" actor who learned to play the guitar for his role in "About a Boy" |
| 28% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Hall-of-Fame Red Wings right wing who played in the NHL while a grandfather: 2 wds. |
| 28% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who ordered his mother killed |
| 28% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who had his mother murdered |
| 28% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who liked to fiddle around |
| 28% | HOLDONAMINUTE | 13 | "Wait!" … or hopeful words while playing a 35-Across? |
| 28% | TUBASOCKS | 9 | Soft footwear worn while playing a big brass instrument? |