| 100% | PEPE | 4 | First name of a cartoon 33-Across |
| 60% | PRAENOMEN | 9 | First name of a Caesar |
| 60% | LORNA | 5 | First name of a Blackmore heroine |
| 60% | RHODE | 5 | First name of a chicken breed |
| 60% | ERNEST | 6 | First name of a literary "Papa" |
| 59% | ARA | 3 | First name of a Fighting Irish legend |
| 59% | YASSER | 6 | First name of a 1994 Peace Nobelist |
| 59% | ANWAR | 5 | First name of a 1978 Peace Nobelist |
| 59% | EVA | 3 | First name of a "Desperate Housewives" star |
| 59% | GENGHIS | 7 | First name of a famous Mongol ruler |
| 59% | PIET | 4 | First name of a Dutch ''abstract geometrist'' |
| 59% | PEPE | 4 | First name of a Looney Tunes skunk |
| 59% | LARA | 4 | First name of a video game archeologist |
| 59% | BILBO | 5 | First name of a notable ring bearer |
| 58% | OSAMA | 5 | First name of a 10-year manhunt target |
| 58% | AGATHA | 6 | First name of a crime and mystery author |
| 58% | ALEC | 4 | First name of a 16-time "SNL" host |
| 58% | LEX | 3 | First name of a villain on "Lois & Clark" |
| 58% | ELLA | 4 | First name of a singer with 13 Grammys |
| 58% | PIPPI | 5 | First name of a redheaded girl of kiddie lit |
| 58% | ANWAR | 5 | First name of a Peace Nobelist that ends ironically |
| 58% | LOOPY | 5 | First name of a French-Canadian Hanna-Barbera wolf |
| 58% | ELON | 4 | First name of a man associated with Tesla, SpaceX |
| 58% | USAIN | 5 | First name of a sprinter whose surname is Bolt |
| 57% | ZSAZSA | 6 | Reduplicative first name of a Hungarian movie star |
| 56% | AMELIA | 6 | First name of a 1968 National Aviation Hall of Fame inductee |
| 56% | CLIVE | 5 | First name of a music mogul that rhymes with a number |
| 56% | BILBO | 5 | First name of a fantasy character who lives in Bag End |
| 55% | WILMA | 5 | First name of a character depicted on a certain chewable vitamin tablet |
| 55% | CHE | 3 | First name of a Cuban Revolution figure often seen on T-shirts |