| 100% | ABATOR | 6 | He who improves a nuisance |
| 52% | IMP | 3 | Kid who's a nuisance |
| 49% | TENDERLY | 8 | He who handles a nettle __ is soonest stung |
| 49% | SMUGGLER | 8 | He who brings illicit goods into a country |
| 49% | HORTON | 6 | He hears a Who |
| 48% | MAO | 3 | He who said "A revolution is not a dinner party" |
| 48% | HEALTH | 6 | He who has this has hope, per a Bible verse |
| 44% | DRONE | 5 | Bee who's a he |
| 43% | HAGRID | 6 | Character who tells Harry Potter he's a wizard |
| 42% | WINS | 4 | What he who dies with the most toys does, according to a bumper sticker |
| 42% | MICKEYMOUSE | 11 | Cartoon character who once had a "Club" named after him |
| 42% | SAHL | 4 | Comedian Mort who often brought a newspaper with him onstage |
| 42% | PENN | 4 | William who has a state named after him |
| 41% | GALPAL | 6 | Whom a guy might hang with when he's not with the guys |
| 41% | GETBACK | 7 | Beatles hit about "a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 41% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who isn't where he should be: Abbr. |
| 41% | MAHAL | 5 | Mumtaz ___ (wife of Shah Jahan, for whom he built a mausoleum) |
| 41% | PIKE | 4 | Zebulon who has a Colorado peak named after him |
| 41% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him |
| 40% | KANYEWEST | 9 | About whom Obama said "He is a jackass. But he's talented" |
| 40% | VAIN | 4 | Like a man who thinks he's God's gift to women |
| 40% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 Clapton song about a woman who "got him on his knees" |
| 40% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor who has a hall at Tanglewood named after him |
| 39% | SIMEON | 6 | Syrian ascetic saint who lived atop a pillar where he died in 459 |
| 39% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 39% | READE | 5 | Walter who has a New York movie theater named after him |
| 39% | SAMUELADAMS | 11 | Founding father who had a beer named after him |
| 39% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | German explorer who has a penguin named after him |
| 38% | GRANDFATHERED | 13 | Fox sitcom about a bachelor who discovers he has a son with a baby |
| 38% | TRIAL | 5 | Lawsuit can be a nuisance |