| 100% | ARGUS | 5 | Giant whose eyes are said to have been transferred to the peacock's tail |
| 46% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 40% | ASP | 3 | Viper whose bite is said to have killed Cleopatra |
| 40% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the Reuben is said to have been invented |
| 39% | WINDOWS | 7 | Eyes are said to be the __ to the soul |
| 39% | CORNDOG | 7 | Fried food said to have been invented at the Texas State Fair |
| 39% | SILVER | 6 | The kind of lining every cloud is said to have |
| 39% | ETAT | 4 | What France's "le Roi Soleil" - the Sun King - is purportedly said to have equated himself to |
| 38% | STMARK | 6 | He is said to have founded the Church of Alexandria |
| 38% | ORK | 3 | Planet where the cry "Shazbot!" is said to have originated |
| 38% | GIOTTO | 6 | Painter whose masterwork is said to be the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes |
| 38% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 37% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 37% | ADAMS | 5 | Abigail ___, former first lady whose ghost is said to haunt the White House |
| 37% | MONOPOLY | 8 | Board game whose invention has been credited to the salesman Charles B Darrow |
| 37% | STEPFORMAN | 10 | "One small ____, one giant leap for mankind," what 31a was initially thought to have said upon landing on the Moon: 3 wds. |
| 37% | APRIL | 5 | Month whose name is said to be derived from the Latin for "to open" |
| 36% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | 1904 exposition in 49-Across during which the ice cream cone is said to have been invented (2 wds.) |
| 36% | HALLEYSCOMET | 12 | *Celestial sight said to have been a good omen for William the Conqueror in battle |
| 36% | STARGAZER | 9 | Fish such as the Atlantic — or giant — whose eyes are atop its head |
| 36% | SEVENHILLSOFROME | 16 | Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded |
| 36% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 36% | SPOKANE | 7 | Northwestern city where Father's Day is said to have been born |
| 36% | LISP | 4 | Speech impediment whose name is hard to say if you have it |
| 36% | SANTACRUZ | 9 | West Coast city whose boardwalk is home to the Giant Dipper coaster |
| 35% | IMO | 3 | "This is what I have to say," on the internet: Abbr. |
| 35% | FIRE | 4 | Something said to be in the eyes or belly |
| 35% | REDSEA | 6 | It's said to have been parted by Moses |
| 35% | ALITTLEPATIENT | 14 | "You have to be ___," said the pediatrician |
| 35% | ARARAT | 6 | Mountain where Noah's Ark is said to have landed |