| 100% | JAMESCOOK | 9 | Explorer who kept a tortoise aboard HMS Resolution |
| 35% | PATROLMAN | 9 | One who keeps a beat? |
| 33% | CUSTODY | 7 | Determination of who keeps a minor child |
| 33% | NIXON | 5 | President who kept a list of his enemies |
| 32% | TUNER | 5 | Person who keeps a piano in good working condition |
| 32% | SEAFARER | 8 | Explorer who crosses oceans in a boat |
| 32% | LORDBYRON | 9 | Poet who kept a bear in his Trinity College rooms |
| 31% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him |
| 31% | HARE | 4 | Rodent who raced a tortoise |
| 31% | BERING | 6 | Explorer who lent his name to a strait off Alaska |
| 31% | DORA | 4 | Explorer who visits Peru in a 2019 live-action movie |
| 30% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom a sea was named |
| 29% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon explorer who is friends with a monkey named Boots |
| 29% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon explorer who encounters a thieving fox named Swiper |
| 29% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | German explorer who has a penguin named after him |
| 29% | PIKE | 4 | Explorer Zebulon for whom a Colorado mountain is named |
| 29% | DORA | 4 | Young animated explorer who wears a backpack |
| 29% | CELEB | 5 | One on whom a tabloid keeps tabs |
| 28% | DORA | 4 | Animated explorer who often says "Swiper, no swiping" to a masked fox |
| 28% | OLMANRIVER | 10 | Who "just keeps rollin' along" in a classic show tune |
| 28% | JAMESROSS | 9 | Antarctic explorer for whom a sea is named |
| 28% | HEDGEHOG | 8 | Spiny omnivore who some keep as a pet |
| 27% | GUARD | 5 | A person who keeps watch over something or someone |
| 27% | BOBBYDARWIN | 11 | Singer who sang "If I Were a Giant Sea Tortoise"? |
| 27% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 26% | DORA | 4 | ___ the Explorer, Nickelodeon character who is celebrated with a National Day |
| 26% | HENRYHUDSON | 11 | English explorer who discovered a large Canadian bay in the early 1600s: 2 wds. |
| 26% | SATURDAYNIGHTFOREVER | 20 | Cry from a reveler who wants the weekend party to keep going? |
| 25% | NELSON | 6 | British admiral who died aboard HMS Victory |
| 25% | SIEVE | 5 | One who can't keep a secret |