| 100% | ANDRELEONTALLEY | 15 | He once described himself as “the only black man among . . . white titans of style” |
| 29% | AJAX | 4 | Homer described him as the "bulwark of the Achaeans" |
| 29% | LESBOS | 6 | Greek locale once described as "the island of overmastering passions" |
| 29% | NOEL | 4 | Oasis member who once described his brother (and bandmate) as "a man with a fork in a world of soup" |
| 29% | EDDIE | 5 | Comedian Izzard who once described the European Union as “the cutting edge of politics, in a very extraordinarily boring way” |
| 28% | LAOS | 4 | Nation once known as the Kingdom of the Million Elephants and White Parasol |
| 28% | STERN | 5 | Howard who described himself as "King of All Media" |
| 27% | BOBSBURGERS | 11 | Fox animated sitcom that once featured the voice of "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm as a toilet (2 wds.) |
| 27% | BROCOUNTRY | 10 | Genre described by one critic as “music by and of the tatted, gym-toned, party-hearty young American white dude” |
| 27% | AHAB | 4 | Melville character who describes himself as “more a demon than a man” |
| 27% | UNCOLA | 6 | Geoffrey Holder described the lemon and lime he held in the 1970's 7 Up ads as these kind of "nuts" |
| 26% | DOCSAVAGE | 9 | Fictional hero known as the Man of Bronze |
| 26% | CAL | 3 | Ripken known as the "Iron Man" of baseball |
| 26% | MINGUS | 6 | Charles known as the "Angry Man of Jazz" |
| 26% | BELUGA | 6 | White sturgeon of the Black Sea |
| 26% | DOPEY | 5 | The only one of Snow White's dwarfs without a beard |
| 26% | DOPEY | 5 | The only one of Snow White's dwarfs with no beard |
| 26% | RECEDING | 8 | Describes the hairline of a balding man |
| 26% | STILT | 5 | Wading bird such as the black-winged — or white-backed — |
| 26% | ETHEL | 5 | Payne known as the "First Lady of the Black Press" |
| 26% | OPERA | 5 | Peter Benchley described it as "where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings" |
| 26% | HARRYHAMLIN | 11 | He played Perseus in "Clash of the Titans" |
| 26% | EMPIRE | 6 | Style of the White House's Red Room |
| 26% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who is the only Black performer to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting |
| 25% | GORDONSUMNER | 12 | 18-Across and 25-Across singer nicknamed "Sting" because of the black and yellow striped sweater he wore as a young performer (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ODESSA | 6 | Major Ukrainian port known as the "Pearl of the Black Sea" |
| 25% | TOOTLES | 7 | Described as the most humble of the Lost Boys |
| 25% | ZEBRA | 5 | Black and white striped mammal of the horse family |
| 25% | YODA | 4 | He served as Grand Master of the Jedi Council |
| 25% | TAP | 3 | Style of dance that uses the floor as percussion |