| 100% | UTOPIA | 6 | Imaginary and perfect society, first coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 95% | UTOPIA | 6 | Term for an imaginary and perfect society, first coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 56% | UTOPIA | 6 | Word coined by Thomas More in an eponymous book that's now also the word for a perfect imaginary society |
| 55% | UTOPIAN | 7 | Describes ideal society coined by Sir Thomas More |
| 44% | UTOPIA | 6 | Ideal and perfect state authored by Thomas More |
| 41% | UTOPIA | 6 | 1516 book by Sir Thomas More |
| 37% | UTOPIA | 6 | Thomas More work about a perfect society |
| 33% | UTOPIA | 6 | More's perfect society on an imaginary island |
| 32% | UTOPIA | 6 | Sir Thomas More novel |
| 30% | BLUEMONDAY | 10 | Most depressing date of the year, first declared in 2005 and contrived by many pseudo-scientific formulas |
| 30% | UTOPIA | 6 | Ideal, perfect state written about by Thomas More |
| 29% | UTOPIA | 6 | Thomas More's perfect world |
| 29% | SPOT | 4 | (2/6) "Start by picking the perfect ___ (location) with fresh green grass and not much bustle" |
| 29% | LAT | 3 | Newspaper founded by Nathan Cole Jr. and Thomas Gardiner, first published just before Christmas in 1881 (abbr.) |
| 29% | OEDIPUSREX | 10 | Ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, recognized by many as a masterpiece and first performed about 429 BC |
| 28% | FOREMOST | 8 | First and __, most importantly |
| 27% | RLS | 3 | Author admired by Sirs ACD and JMB |
| 27% | EARL | 4 | ___ Campbell, running back who was selected first overall draft pick by the Oilers and is one of NFL's Most Valuable Players |
| 26% | OTOES | 5 | First tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 26% | OTOE | 4 | First tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 26% | VLADIMIR | 8 | First name shared by Lenin and Putin |
| 26% | OTOE | 4 | First tribe encountered by Lewis and Clark |
| 26% | EDGAR | 5 | First name shared by Burroughs and Poe |
| 26% | ODES | 4 | Many poems written by Keats and Shelley |
| 26% | OTOE | 4 | First Indian tribe met by Lewis and Clark |
| 26% | MYTHS | 5 | Nessie and Bigfoot, by most accounts |
| 25% | BROADCAST | 9 | First TV __ by Rignoux and Fournier was in 1909 |
| 25% | LEADSTORY | 9 | The first and most important news item |
| 25% | PLATONICLOVES | 13 | Brahms and Clara Schumann, by most accounts |
| 25% | MALORY | 6 | Sir Thomas —, 15th-century writer; author and compiler of collection Le Morte d'Arthur |