| 100% | MIDAS | 5 | He was given the ears of a donkey, in myth |
| 48% | NICKCARRAWAY | 12 | He is the narrator and a friend of Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby": 2 wds. |
| 44% | TINNITUS | 8 | The sensation of a ringing in the ears |
| 43% | JACKNICKLAUS | 12 | He was nicknamed "The Golden Bear" of golf and holds a record for the highest number of wins in Masters Tournament with six titles: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALI | 3 | He was bested in the "Fight of the Century" |
| 42% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by John Steinbeck, set in the Great Depression, that was a major reason for him winning the Nobel Prize |
| 42% | BERLE | 5 | He was a charter member of the Television Hall of Fame |
| 42% | SUNROOF | 7 | The top of a car that can be opened in summer |
| 42% | OCCUPANCY | 9 | The percentage of a hotel's rooms that are in use |
| 41% | ASTERIX | 7 | He is the theme of park north of Paris opened in 1989 |
| 41% | KNIGHT | 6 | Man who is given the title of Sir in England |
| 41% | AREA | 4 | Zip code is given to a specific ___ in the city |
| 41% | MAO | 3 | He was the subject of a Warhol painting |
| 40% | CLARITY | 7 | The quality of being clear, esp. in a photo |
| 40% | ANNOY | 5 | Be a thorn in the side of |
| 40% | IRK | 3 | Be a thorn in the side of |
| 40% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 40% | HELIOS | 6 | The Colossus of Rhodes was a giant statue of him |
| 40% | MOSES | 5 | He was given the Ten Commandments |
| 40% | TACOENO | 7 | ... Looking back on it, the best part of that game was when composer Brian gave you a Tex-Mex treat. That's why we called him ___.
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| 40% | RIM | 3 | Part of a glass which is rolled in salt for the cocktail Margarita |
| 40% | MARX | 4 | He claimed the Greeks were offside, in a Monty Python sketch |
| 40% | BUCKET | 6 | A drop in the __, a little bit of what is needed |
| 39% | DAMOCLES | 8 | In the tale, a sword was suspended above him |
| 39% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Detroit Red Wings great who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame a year after he retired in 1971, without the standard waiting period (2 wds.) |
| 39% | BACKBEAT | 8 | Part of a song that is given a stronger accent in clubs or parties |
| 39% | TSELIOT | 7 | He wrote "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" |
| 39% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 39% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |