| 100% | CARY | 4 | Grant of "North by Northwest" |
| 73% | GRANT | 5 | Cary of "North by Northwest" |
| 71% | CARY | 4 | "North by Northwest" actor Grant |
| 71% | CARY | 4 | "North by Northwest" actor ___ Grant |
| 69% | EVAMARIE | 8 | Actress Saint of "North by Northwest" |
| 68% | CARYGRANT | 9 | Star of Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest |
| 68% | CARYGRANT | 9 | Star of Notorious and North by Northwest |
| 66% | CARYGRANT | 9 | North by Northwest star |
| 65% | HEADING | 7 | North by northwest, e.g. |
| 60% | NORTHWEST | 9 | North by __, movie with Cary Grant |
| 60% | FLEWUP | 6 | Headed north, by Northwest |
| 55% | DIR | 3 | Northwest by north, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 53% | SOMALIA | 7 | Country bordered to the north by the Gulf of Aden |
| 53% | MASON | 5 | "North by Northwest" actor James |
| 53% | GRANT | 5 | "North by Northwest" actor Cary ___ |
| 52% | NORTH | 5 | "___ By Northwest," 1959 spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant |
| 52% | WISH | 4 | One of three granted by a genie |
| 51% | ASIA | 4 | Continent north and northwest of Australia |
| 51% | EVA | 3 | ___ Marie Saint ("North by Northwest" actress) |
| 51% | WISH | 4 | One of three granted by Aladdin's genie |
| 50% | CARTHAGE | 8 | Ancient city state on the coast of North Africa founded by Phoenician traders |
| 50% | WISH | 4 | One of three granted by the genie in "Aladdin" |
| 49% | CORNFIELD | 9 | Setting for an iconic “North by Northwest” sequence |
| 49% | EVA | 3 | Actress ___ Marie Saint known for "North by Northwest" |
| 48% | HAPPINESS | 9 | A Pocketful of __, book by actor Richard E. Grant |
| 47% | WAMPUM | 6 | Money formerly used by North American Indians made of shells strung together |
| 46% | SONOFTHEWOLF | 12 | The —, 1900 story collection by Jack London subtitled Tales of the Far North |
| 46% | PEMMICAN | 8 | Small pressed cake of shredded dried meat originally made by North American Indians |
| 45% | SFO | 3 | Hub north-northwest of LAX |