| 100% | ORB | 3 | Horse with a "spherical" name that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby |
| 73% | ORB | 3 | Horse that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby, whose name means "sphere" |
| 66% | ORB | 3 | Horse that won the 2013 Kentucky Derby |
| 44% | MILLREEF | 8 | Horse that won the 1971 Derby |
| 44% | TROY | 4 | Horse that won the 1979 Epsom Derby |
| 42% | NASHWAN | 7 | Horse that won the 1989 Derby and 2,000 Guineas |
| 41% | AZRA | 4 | Kentucky Derby winner of the smallest field ever, a three horse race |
| 41% | ALANADALE | 9 | 1902 Kentucky Derby winner that was named after a fictional character |
| 41% | ERICA | 5 | Woman's name that rhymes with a part of the world |
| 40% | MAMMAL | 6 | Class with a name that comes from the Latin word for "breast" |
| 39% | SKYSCRAPER | 10 | Top 10 43-Across song that won the 2012 MTV "Best Video with a Message" Video Music Award |
| 39% | ANKH | 4 | Cross with a loop on the top that often appears in Egyptian personal names |
| 39% | SIR | 3 | & 20D Horse ridden by Lester Piggott that won the 1968 Derby |
| 39% | IRIS | 4 | Flower that shares a name with part of the eye |
| 39% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 38% | FLORIDAPEARL | 12 | Horse that won the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown a record four times between 1999 and 2004 |
| 38% | DENIM | 5 | Material with a name that comes from a shortening of the French for "serge from Nîmes" |
| 38% | APPLE | 5 | Tech company that shares a name with the fruit in its logo |
| 38% | LARGO | 5 | Musical tempo that shares a name with one of the Florida Keys |
| 38% | LOUISVILLE | 10 | University that won the 2013 NCAA basketball tournament |
| 38% | SAN | 3 | ___ Antonio Spurs, NBA team with a 19-game winning streak in the regular season of 2013-14 |
| 37% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 37% | WACO | 4 | City with a radio station that has the same call letters as the city's name |
| 37% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Championship that 17-Across won twice, with the A's and Yankees: 2 wds. |
| 37% | OSU | 3 | Rhythm game that shares its name with the abbreviation for a Big 10 school |
| 37% | MOE | 3 | Flaming ___, fictional cocktail drink from "The Simpsons" that shares a name with the series' bartender |
| 37% | LETSMAKELOVE | 12 | Duet by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, released in 2000, that won the couple a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals: 3 wds. |
| 36% | AMERICANAH | 10 | Adichie novel that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award |
| 36% | WARIO | 5 | Nintendo antagonist with a yellow hat, a zigzag mustache, and a name one letter off from that of the protagonist |