| 100% | HOUNDS | 6 | Fox & __, UK pub name in former hunt areas |
| 36% | ROYALOAK | 8 | Pub name in memory of the escaping Charles II |
| 34% | OREILLY | 7 | Big name in Fox News |
| 34% | ELMER | 5 | First name in "wabbit" hunting |
| 34% | IDI | 3 | Former name in tyranny |
| 34% | USAIR | 5 | Former name in flight |
| 33% | LEE | 3 | County name in nine former Confederate states |
| 33% | RUDY | 4 | Former name in Gracie Mansion |
| 32% | THEOC | 5 | Former Fox series set in California |
| 32% | ARSENIO | 7 | Former name in late-night talk |
| 32% | FRUNZE | 6 | Former name of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan |
| 32% | TALBOT | 6 | British pub name, refers to a white hunting dog |
| 32% | THEOC | 5 | Former Fox series set in Newport Beach |
| 32% | ELLICE | 6 | Former name of Tuvalu island in Polynesia |
| 32% | PETROGRAD | 9 | Former name of Saint Petersburg in 1915 |
| 32% | NETSCAPE | 8 | Former big name in browsers |
| 31% | SPICEISLANDS | 12 | Former name of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 31% | LOFTS | 5 | Many apartments in former industrial areas |
| 31% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 31% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 31% | LTD | 3 | Company name follower in the UK: Abbr. |
| 31% | SKYMALL | 7 | Former big name in seat-pocket marketing |
| 30% | SPOON | 5 | In golf, a former name for a No 3 wood |
| 30% | THATCHER | 8 | Last name of Margaret, former UK Prime Minister |
| 30% | LTD | 3 | Business name ender in the UK, for short |
| 29% | DORIS | 5 | Name of a weather bomb that hit the UK in 2017 |
| 29% | CORNWALL | 8 | Area in the UK where the Eden Project can be found |
| 29% | PARTHENON | 9 | Former temple whose name means "unmarried women's apartments" in Greek |
| 29% | STERLING | 8 | Formal name for the pound used in the UK |