| 100% | AESOP | 5 | From whom we get the phrase "crying wolf" |
| 54% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek who gave us the phrases "sour grapes" and "the boy who cried wolf" |
| 53% | OHH | 3 | Cry from one who just got the joke |
| 44% | GENOA | 5 | Italian city from which we get the word "jeans" |
| 44% | ROBERTPEEL | 10 | British leader from whom the "bobbies" got their name |
| 44% | OHOH | 4 | Cry from one who knows the answer |
| 42% | ETTU | 4 | Dramatic cry from people who get subbed |
| 42% | BOY | 3 | The one who cried wolf? |
| 42% | LIAR | 4 | The boy who cried wolf, essentially |
| 41% | SUPERMAN | 8 | Alien from Krypton who gets strength from the sun |
| 41% | LIAR | 4 | The boy who cried wolf, e.g. |
| 41% | SATURDAYNIGHTFOREVER | 20 | Cry from a reveler who wants the weekend party to keep going? |
| 41% | BEAT | 4 | "We Got the ___" (Go-Go's hit from 80s) |
| 40% | BINGOS | 6 | Cries from players who get five in a row on a game card |
| 40% | MOOS | 4 | Cries from those who've got beef? |
| 40% | MOO | 3 | Cry from someone who's got beef? |
| 40% | KESHA | 5 | "We R Who We R" singer who dropped the dollar sign from her name |
| 40% | WAVE | 4 | ___ the sails, phrase you would get from a spoonerism of "Save the whales" |
| 39% | LENO | 4 | Jay —, US comedian who hosted NBC’s The Tonight Show from 1992-2009 |
| 39% | RITADOVE | 8 | "Through the Ivory Gate" novelist who was US poet laureate from 1993-95 |
| 38% | ROGERFEDERER | 12 | Swiss tennis player who won the US Open from 2004 to 2008: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROBERT | 6 | & 6D Actor who played Napoleon Solo in US television series The Man from UNCLE |
| 38% | HORACE | 6 | Poet who gave us the phrase "carpe diem" |
| 38% | POLLOCK | 7 | Jackson __, US artist who painted The She-Wolf |
| 38% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Whole Truth" and "Deliver Us From Evil": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOHNMCENROE | 11 | Left-handed tennis player from the US who won seven Grand Slam singles titles: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JIMMYCONNORS | 12 | Left-handed tennis player from the US who won eight Grand Slam singles titles: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BRADLEY | 7 | Omar —, US Army general who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949-53 |