| 100% | UTNE | 4 | Eric who founded an eclectic reader |
| 60% | UTNE | 4 | Eric who founded a reader |
| 45% | ADLER | 5 | Stella who founded an acting conservatory |
| 45% | OSMAN | 5 | Sultan who founded an old empire |
| 45% | MERRILL | 7 | Charles who founded an investment firm |
| 43% | RITZ | 4 | Swiss hotelier, who founded an international chain, d. 1918 |
| 42% | EDY | 3 | Joseph who founded an ice-cream business with William Dreyer |
| 39% | GEENADAVIS | 10 | "Thelma and Louise" costar who founded an institute on gender in media: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASS | 3 | Mammal who found a "Lion's Skin," in an Aesop's fable |
| 36% | ENO | 3 | Eclectic musician Brian who founded Obscure Records |
| 36% | MANOFLETTER | 11 | One who's read an encyclopedia's first volume? |
| 35% | ANITA | 5 | Body Shop founder ___ Roddick who was also an animal welfare advocate |
| 34% | VERMEER | 7 | Dutch master who painted "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" |
| 33% | CREEP | 5 | 2014 found footage film that follows a videographer who responds to an ad |
| 32% | MADETIME | 8 | Found an occasion |
| 32% | CLAPTON | 7 | Eric who sang "Layla" |
| 31% | LILA | 4 | Wallace who co-founded Reader's Digest |
| 31% | PIRATE | 6 | (2/3) Fairy tale villain with an eye patch who's found on a ship, perhaps |
| 31% | SAKICHI | 7 | ___ Toyoda, inventor of an automated fabric-weaving device who is the father of Toyota's founder |
| 31% | BANA | 4 | Eric who starred in "Munich" |
| 30% | BANA | 4 | Eric who played 2003's Hulk |
| 30% | BANA | 4 | Eric who played Hector in "Troy" |
| 30% | CLAPTON | 7 | Eric who sang "Tears in Heaven" |
| 30% | OMAR | 4 | Caliph who founded Cairo |
| 30% | ANSELM | 6 | Saint who founded scholasticism |
| 30% | SAM | 3 | Walton who founded Walmart |
| 30% | EASTMAN | 7 | George who founded Kodak |
| 30% | TED | 3 | Turner who founded CNN |
| 30% | LELAND | 6 | Henry who founded Cadillac |
| 30% | OLE | 3 | Christiansen who founded Lego |