| 100% | CHIEFTEXAN | 10 | Governor in Austin? |
| 62% | DIRECTTEXAS | 11 | Govern in Austin? |
| 61% | EMIR | 4 | Governor in the mirror |
| 60% | BEY | 3 | Governor in the Ottoman Empire |
| 58% | DEY | 3 | Former governor in Algiers |
| 56% | MINIS | 5 | Skirts in Austin Powers movies |
| 56% | SXSW | 4 | Annual festival in Austin, Tex. |
| 56% | SXSW | 4 | Annual festival in Austin, TX |
| 56% | LBJ | 3 | His library is in Austin |
| 56% | NAWAB | 5 | Mogul empire governor in India |
| 55% | LBJ | 3 | Prez whose library is in Austin |
| 55% | SXSW | 4 | Annual festival in Austin, Tx., familiarly |
| 55% | SXSW | 4 | Film festival in Austin, TX, familiarly |
| 55% | TESLA | 5 | Car company headquartered in Austin, Texas |
| 55% | SXSW | 4 | Film festival in Austin, Texas, familiarly |
| 55% | EXARCH | 6 | Provincial governor in the Byzantine Empire |
| 55% | TEXASTAXES | 10 | What helps pay the governor's salary in Austin? |
| 54% | LBJ | 3 | Subj. of a library in Austin, Tex. |
| 54% | SPAM | 4 | Subject of a museum in Austin, Minn. |
| 54% | SPAM | 4 | Subject of a museum in Austin, Minnesota |
| 54% | LBJ | 3 | His presidential library is in Austin, Tex. |
| 54% | FAT | 3 | Like the Bastard in Austin Powers movies |
| 54% | TITO | 4 | Namesake of a vodka based in Austin |
| 54% | LBJ | 3 | Pres. whose library is in Austin, Texas |
| 54% | TRAVOLTA | 8 | He played a governor in "Primary Colors" |
| 54% | GENERALGAGE | 11 | British military governor in the American Revolution |
| 54% | SATRAP | 6 | Provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire |
| 53% | NABOBS | 6 | Historically, governors in Mogul Empire in India |
| 53% | PEAY | 4 | Austin ___ (school in Clarksville, Tennessee) |
| 53% | SPIROAGNEW | 10 | Governor of Maryland in 1968 |