| 100% | AHAB | 4 | Ishmael and Queequeg's captain, in fiction |
| 65% | AHAB | 4 | Captain for Ishmael and Queequeg, in a Melville novel |
| 47% | AHAB | 4 | Ishmael's captain in "Moby-Dick" |
| 44% | AHAB | 4 | Literary sea captain whose crew includes Ishmael and Queequeg |
| 42% | AHAB | 4 | Captain in the literary fiction "Moby-Dick" |
| 41% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Isaac and Ishmael's father in the Bible |
| 39% | TRAVOLTA | 8 | John __, starred in Grease and Pulp Fiction |
| 39% | AHAB | 4 | Queequeg's captain |
| 38% | STARTREK | 8 | Captain Kirk and Spock are in this series |
| 38% | SKIPPER | 7 | Ship's captain, informally, and a hint to help you to understand five answers in this puzzle |
| 38% | STS | 3 | Lombard and Market, in S.F. |
| 38% | FARO | 4 | Port and resort in S Portugal |
| 38% | UMA | 3 | Thurman who's acted in Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction" and "Kill Bill" films |
| 37% | SAM | 3 | ___ Wilson, Captain America's friend and sidekick played by Anthony Mackie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe |
| 37% | BOLIVIA | 7 | Paraguay and __ are landlocked in S. America |
| 37% | LISP | 4 | Speech defect in pronouncing s and z |
| 37% | IMRANKHAN | 9 | Former Pakistani cricket captain, and PM in 2018 |
| 37% | NICK | 4 | ___ Offerman, "Parks and Recreation" actor who cameoed in "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" as Captain Holt's ex-boyfriend |
| 37% | FARO | 4 | Port and resort in the Algarve, S Portugal |
| 37% | LASVEGAS | 8 | Fear and Loathing in __, Hunter S. Thompson tale |
| 36% | UMA | 3 | Co-star of John and Samuel in "Pulp Fiction" |
| 36% | ANDL | 4 | Follower of P in accounting and S in finance |
| 36% | LAS | 3 | Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" |
| 36% | SYNDROME | 8 | It's the S in AIDS, IBS and PMS |
| 36% | LAS | 3 | "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas" (Hunter S. Thompson novel) |
| 36% | LAS | 3 | "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas," Hunter S. Thompson novel |
| 36% | ALY | 3 | Olympic gymnast Raisman who captained Team U.S.A.’s gold-medal-winning squads in 2012 and 2016 |
| 36% | AHAB | 4 | Ishmael's captain |
| 35% | NEO | 3 | Hero of three science fiction movies in 1999 and 2003 |
| 35% | DITS | 4 | E's, I's and S's, in Morse code |