| 100% | TET | 3 | Holiday whose name is pronounced with a high rising tone |
| 56% | LIMA | 4 | Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" |
| 53% | VASE | 4 | Container whose name is pronounced with either a long "a" or an "ah" |
| 50% | SCONE | 5 | Food item whose name is pronounced with either a long or a short o, depending on whom you ask |
| 44% | AVOGADRO | 8 | Scientist whose name is associated with a number |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| 42% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was formerly spelled with a $ |
| 42% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was once stylized with a $ |
| 42% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B |
| 42% | KESHA | 5 | "TiK ToK" singer whose name was formerly spelled with a $ |
| 41% | AOL | 3 | Internet service provider whose name is now stylized with a period |
| 41% | BAKLAVA | 7 | Pastry whose name is often be confused with a skier's headgear |
| 41% | TEDY | 4 | Former New England Patriot Bruschi whose name is a bear to pronounce? |
| 41% | DINAH | 5 | Singer Shore whose name is associated with a major LPGA golf tournament |
| 41% | OBEY | 4 | Streetwear company whose name is also a command to comply with orders |
| 41% | KATY | 4 | 1918 song girl whose name was sung with a stutter |
| 39% | ACDC | 4 | Hard-rock band whose name is stylized with a lightning bolt |
| 37% | CHVRCHES | 8 | Scottish band whose name is pronounced "churches" |
| 37% | RIMBAUD | 7 | "A Season in Hell" poet, whose name is pronounced like "Rambo" |
| 37% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 37% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name is pronounced in three syllables |
| 36% | HOLLY | 5 | Actress Hunter whose first name is shared with a "decked up" Christmas decoration |
| 36% | HER | 3 | R&B singer whose stage name is pronounced like a pronoun |
| 36% | ALVVAYS | 7 | "Archie, Marry Me" band, whose name is pronounced like "always" |
| 36% | POLO | 4 | Explorer whose name is a sport |
| 36% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is a palindrome |
| 36% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese whose name is a semordnilap |
| 36% | SEVENTEEN | 9 | Magazine whose name is a number |
| 35% | PLUTO | 5 | Planet whose name is a Disney character |
| 35% | REO | 3 | Classic car whose name is a monogram |