| 100% | NURMI | 5 | Famed runner Paavo from Turku, known as the "Flying Finn" |
| 48% | PAAVO | 5 | Olympic runner ___ Nurmi, known as the "Flying Finn" |
| 42% | COLUGO | 6 | Gliding mammal, known as the flying lemur |
| 38% | NURMI | 5 | Paavo ___, the Flying Finn of 1920s Olympics |
| 38% | PAAVO | 5 | Runner Nurmi, the Flying Finn |
| 37% | FDA | 3 | Grp. known as the Bureau of Chemistry from 1901 to 1927 |
| 36% | FLEE | 4 | Run away, as from the police |
| 36% | ASS | 3 | Animal known as the beast of burden, with a name originating from Latin |
| 35% | KENTUCKYDERBY | 13 | Annual event at Churchill Downs known as "The Run for the Roses" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | NAZGUL | 6 | Group of nine humans who are also known as the Black Riders from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 34% | PACER | 5 | AMC car known as "The Flying Fishbowl" |
| 33% | OTTO | 4 | ___ Lilienthal, German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man" |
| 33% | MORIA | 5 | Underground kingdom known as Khazad-dum that used to be a famed realm of the Dwarves |
| 32% | JADE | 4 | Known as the imperial gemstone |
| 32% | HAWAII | 6 | Known as the Aloha State |
| 32% | CROW | 4 | As the ____ flies |
| 32% | CROW | 4 | As the __ flies |
| 32% | KORE | 4 | Moon also known as Jupiter XLIX discovered by a team from the University of Hawaii in 2003 |
| 32% | PAAVO | 5 | Nurmi, the Flying Finn |
| 32% | PAAVO | 5 | ___ Nurmi, the Flying Finn |
| 32% | SANDIEGOSTATE | 13 | Team known as the Aztecs who were runners-up to 38-Across in the 2023 NCAA men's basketball championship (3 wds.) |
| 32% | SHAUN | 5 | Snowboarder White who's known as "the Flying Tomato" |
| 31% | PERICLES | 8 | Known as the first citizen of Athens |
| 31% | GOONSHOW | 8 | The —, BBC Radio comedy programme originally billed as Those Crazy People that ran from 1951-60 |
| 31% | AARON | 5 | Hitter known as The Hammer |
| 31% | LEPUS | 5 | Constellation known as the Hare |
| 31% | CIA | 3 | Grp. known as the Company |
| 31% | LUCIFER | 7 | Otherwise known as the devil |
| 31% | LIBRA | 5 | Constellation known as the Scales |
| 31% | PATELLA | 7 | Bone known as the kneecap |