| 100% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company whose name is a homophone of a volcano |
| 63% | ARES | 4 | God whose name is a homophone of a zodiac sign |
| 63% | KLEE | 4 | Artist whose name is a homophone of a sculpture medium |
| 62% | ARES | 4 | Greek god whose name is a homophone of a zodiac sign |
| 62% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is a homophone of "Molly" |
| 62% | CEDAR | 5 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "seeder" |
| 62% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "you" |
| 61% | NEHI | 4 | Drink whose name is a homophone of 48-Across |
| 61% | ARIAL | 5 | Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across |
| 60% | RAYS | 4 | Tampa Bay baseball team whose name is a homophone of "raise" |
| 60% | LUTE | 4 | Ancient guitar-like instrument whose name is a homophone of "loot" |
| 59% | AVIS | 4 | Rental car company whose name is an anagram of a credit card company |
| 59% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 58% | ORR | 3 | Hockey great whose name is a homophone of 88-Across and 123- and 124-Down |
| 56% | HERTZ | 5 | Car-rental company whose name is also a unit of measurement |
| 55% | HERTZ | 5 | Car rental company whose name is also a unit of computer speed |
| 54% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 54% | NERO | 4 | Fifth emperor of Rome whose name is also a software company |
| 52% | AFLAC | 5 | Insurance company whose name is an acronym |
| 52% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company whose name contains a diphthong |
| 52% | KALI | 4 | Hindu divinity whose name is a homophone for a herding dog |
| 52% | ELM | 3 | Tree whose name is a part of a horror movie title |
| 51% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company in the Fortune 100 whose name was inspired by an Italian volcano |
| 51% | ROAM | 4 | B-52s hit whose title is a homophone of a national capital |
| 51% | YAMAHA | 6 | Company whose logo is a trio of interlocking tuning forks |
| 51% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot" |
| 50% | ATARI | 5 | Video game company whose name is a Go term |
| 50% | JOHNHANCOCK | 11 | Signer of the Declaration of Independence whose name was borrowed for an insurance/financial services company (2 wds.) |
| 50% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 50% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is a brand of bottled water |