| 100% | PAPER | 5 | I'm a toothy shredder with a taste for documents. My first name is the same as my favorite snack. What is my first name? |
| 37% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 36% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress whose first name is the same as a TV award: 2 wds. |
| 35% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Mexican-American boxer whose first name is the same as a movie award: 4 wds. |
| 35% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Noted criminal whose name starts with the same first four letters as where he was imprisoned |
| 30% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 30% | YEN | 3 | What a "Y" with a pair of horizontal lines through it is the symbol for |
| 30% | LIVER | 5 | "I'm a detoxifying organ and my name rhymes with "river". Who am I?" |
| 29% | RAIN | 4 | Its name in Botswana is the same as the word for "money" |
| 29% | PERIWINKLE | 10 | Flower with a color the same as its name |
| 29% | AMY | 3 | I shared my name with the character I played in "Her" and I've been nominated for the Oscars six times |
| 29% | LEOPARD | 7 | I'm a spotted big cat with speed and strength. I rule the night with my majestic sight. Who am I? |
| 29% | MAEWEST | 7 | “When I was born with this face, it was the same as strikin’ oil” speaker |
| 28% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Stay With Me" singer who was a first-time Grammy nominee for Record of the Year (and won): 2 wds. |
| 28% | BONO | 4 | I am a member of U2 and was named one of the Time Persons of the Year in 2005 for my philanthropic efforts |
| 28% | YUAN | 4 | Coin with the same name as a dynasty |
| 28% | AMADEUS | 7 | Movie with the line "I'm a vulgar man. But I assure you, my music is not" |
| 28% | OLDMAN | 6 | Neil Young hit with the lyrics “Look at my life / I’m a lot like you were” |
| 28% | TWEED | 5 | Fabric with the same name as a Scottish river |
| 28% | LOCKE | 5 | "Lost" character with the same name as a philosopher |
| 28% | KAYAK | 5 | Travel website with the same name as a boat |
| 28% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | Berlin university with the same name as a penguin |
| 28% | DELTA | 5 | Airline with the same name as a Greek letter |
| 28% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 28% | TACOMA | 6 | Washington city with the same name as a Toyota truck |
| 28% | IRIS | 4 | Purple flower with the same name as a Greek goddess |
| 28% | GEORGIA | 7 | Asian country with the same name as a US state |
| 28% | STYX | 4 | Rock group with the same name as a mythical river |
| 28% | HOOVER | 6 | Vacuum cleaner brand with the same name as a dam |