| 100% | ISHOT | 5 | Eric Clapton's "___ the Sheriff" (2 wds.) |
| 85% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Bob Marley song covered by Eric Clapton): 2 wds. |
| 60% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae star who wrote "I Shot the Sheriff": 2 wds. |
| 59% | BUDDYGUY | 8 | Blues guitarist/singer whom Eric Clapton described as "the best guitar player alive": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton hit) |
| 53% | ISHOT | 5 | "___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton #1 hit) |
| 53% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | "I Shot the Sheriff" singer with the 1992 song "Tears in Heaven": 2 wds. |
| 52% | SHOT | 4 | "I ___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton hit) |
| 52% | SHOT | 4 | "I ___ the Sheriff" (Eric Clapton hit song) |
| 50% | AFTERMIDNIGHT | 13 | 1970 Eric Clapton song whose title is followed by "We gonna let it all hang down": 2 wds. |
| 48% | ISHOT | 5 | "__ the Sheriff": Clapton hit |
| 46% | OFWAR | 5 | Sun Tzu's "The Art ___": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ARTOF | 5 | Sun Tzu's "The ___ War": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NOLIE | 5 | "It's the truth!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | NOLIE | 5 | "That's the truth!": 2 wds. |
| 46% | OFOZ | 4 | Baum's "The Wizard ___": 2 wds. |
| 44% | NOLIE | 5 | "Really, it's the truth!": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ILET | 4 | ABBA's "___ the Music Speak" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AFRAIDSO | 8 | "Unfortunately, that's the case" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | IAGREE | 6 | "My opinion's the same" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | NOREALLY | 8 | "Seriously, it's the truth!" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANERA | 5 | "It's the end of ___!" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | OFAN | 4 | "It's the end ___ era!" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | COLBERTREPORT | 13 | "The ___" (Stephen's "truthiness" show): 2 wds. |
| 44% | SEENOW | 6 | "Here's the thing...": 2 wds. |
| 44% | OKLAHOMACITY | 12 | The NBA's Thunder: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NOLIE | 5 | "It's the truth!" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | EYEOF | 5 | Survivor's "___ the Tiger" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | AHYES | 5 | "That's the one" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OFMAY | 5 | Thomas Dekker's "The Merry Month ___": 2 wds. |