| 100% | EPONYM | 6 | George Ferris, for the Ferris wheel |
| 64% | RPI | 3 | Alma mater for the engrs. of the Ferris Wheel and the Brooklyn Bridge |
| 58% | CHICAGO | 7 | The ferris wheel debuted in this US city |
| 58% | RIDE | 4 | Ferris wheel, for one |
| 57% | RIESENRAD | 9 | The Ferris wheel in the Prater park in Vienna |
| 57% | RIDE | 4 | Ferris wheel, for e.g. |
| 57% | LIMO | 4 | Wheels for the well-heeled |
| 55% | RIDE | 4 | Ferris wheel or roller coaster, for example |
| 54% | RIDES | 5 | Amusement park attractions like the Ferris wheel and roller coaster |
| 54% | HOST | 4 | George Carlin, for the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 54% | RIDE | 4 | Ferris wheel or roller coaster, for e.g. |
| 54% | RIDE | 4 | Ferris wheel or Tilt-A-Whirl, for example |
| 54% | LONDONEYE | 9 | Ferris wheel with capsules on the River Thames |
| 54% | RIDES | 5 | Ferris wheels and merry-go-rounds, for example |
| 54% | EASTMAN | 7 | George __, maker of Kodak film for the masses |
| 54% | LONDON | 6 | Giant Ferris wheel on the Thames |
| 54% | GLARE | 5 | Reason for squinting behind the wheel |
| 54% | MEALS | 5 | __ on Wheels; help for the homebound |
| 53% | RIDE | 4 | Roller coaster or ferris wheel, for example |
| 52% | RIDE | 4 | Merry-go-round or Ferris wheel, for example |
| 52% | SUM | 3 | 666, for the numbers on a roulette wheel |
| 52% | OAHU | 4 | Setting for the George Clooney film "The Descendants" |
| 52% | TOR | 3 | Publisher known for The Wheel of Time series |
| 51% | TEXASSTAR | 9 | Ferris wheel in Dallas that is the tallest in North America |
| 51% | HUBCAP | 6 | Cover for the middle of a car's wheel |
| 51% | APESUIT | 7 | Frequent costume for the Old Hollywood actor George Barrows |
| 51% | CITIBIKES | 9 | Wheels for rent in the Big Apple |
| 50% | EASES | 5 | Greases the wheels for, say |
| 49% | AFFORDAFORD | 11 | Have the cash for some wheels? |
| 49% | SUM | 3 | It's ominously 666 for the numbers on a roulette wheel |