| 100% | POE | 3 | His name is a letter short of his description |
| 68% | POE | 3 | Literary figure whose name is a letter short of something he wrote |
| 66% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 64% | BLENDE | 6 | Name for zinc sulfide that is one letter short of a kitchen appliance |
| 54% | WES | 3 | Name that's one letter short of a direction |
| 53% | ALEXANDER | 9 | Sandy is a short version of this male name |
| 53% | BARBARA | 7 | Babs is a short version of this female name |
| 53% | NATHAN | 6 | Nate is a short version of this boys' name |
| 49% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 49% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 48% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 46% | RODIN | 5 | Sculptor whose name is a letter 37-Across |
| 44% | SAL | 3 | Spanish seasoning that's a letter short of its English counterpart |
| 44% | DELTA | 5 | Airline whose name is a Greek letter |
| 43% | OMEGA | 5 | Swiss watchmaker whose name is a Greek letter |
| 43% | KAON | 4 | Particle named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | Shirt named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot" |
| 43% | GEORGOHM | 8 | Gave his name to a unit of electrical resistance |
| 43% | KLM | 3 | Airline whose name is consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 43% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 43% | NEHI | 4 | Drink whose name is a homophone of 48-Across |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | Detergent whose name is also a period of time |
| 43% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is a brand of bottled water |
| 43% | FIJI | 4 | Island group whose name is a brand of water |
| 43% | ARIAL | 5 | Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across |
| 43% | IMEMINE | 7 | Beatles song whose name is a list of pronouns |
| 43% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 42% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |