| 100% | LANAI | 5 | Isle where sugar was first produced in Hawaii, by a farmer named Wong Tse Chun in 1802 |
| 34% | RAB | 3 | Isle now in Croatia where Saint Marinus (after whom San Marino is named), a stonemason by trade, hailed from |
| 29% | TECATE | 6 | Mexican beer named for the city it was first produced in |
| 28% | LYRIC | 5 | "In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea" is the first one in "Yellow Submarine," by the Beatles |
| 28% | DOWN | 4 | "Eastbound & ___," sports comedy series produced by Will Ferrell where he appears in a recurring role as Ashley Schaeffer |
| 27% | EVEL | 4 | First name of the role George Hamilton played in a 1971 movie where he stated "I am the last gladiator in the new Rome" |
| 27% | ARAISININTHESUN | 15 | First play written by a Black woman to be produced on Broadway |
| 27% | AARON | 5 | Last name likely to be first in a roll call |
| 27% | PINOCCHIO | 9 | 1940 animated film in which the title character is swallowed by a whale named Monstro |
| 26% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 25% | ROSWELL | 7 | Name associated with an event in 1947 many believe has been covered up by a government conspiracy |
| 25% | ERA | 3 | Legislation ratified by Va. in 2020, nearly a hundred years after it was first introduced |
| 25% | ANGIEHARMON | 11 | "Rizzoli & Isles" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 25% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 25% | NECCO | 5 | ___ Wafers (candy that was first produced in 1847) |
| 25% | AVALON | 6 | Isle where Excalibur was forged, in Arthurian legend |
| 25% | ALBAN | 5 | Berg whose first name is formed by inserting a B inside 73 Down |
| 25% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Elvis" actor whose first name is also a place in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 25% | SYDNEYSWEENEY | 13 | "Euphoria" actress whose first name is also a city in Australia (2 wds.) |
| 25% | ROBOT | 5 | Invention that was first mentioned in the sci-fi novel "R.U.R" by Karel Capek from which the name was derived |
| 25% | RAP | 3 | Grammy category where best solo performance and best performance by a duo or group was merged into just best performance in 2012 |
| 25% | BOYSENBERRY | 11 | It was first cultivated in California by Walter Knott |
| 24% | OREL | 4 | Hershiser who pitched a record 59 consecutive scoreless innings (and whose first name is aptly found in "scoreless") |
| 24% | ORLANDOBLOOM | 12 | "Gran Turismo" actor whose first name is also a place in Florida (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | "Modern Family" actress whose first name is also a city in Bulgaria (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ONEARTH | 7 | Where "Thy will be done," in a prayer |
| 24% | JETSONS | 7 | "The ___," animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera which is about a family in the future |
| 24% | MILK | 4 | CAUTION! Dairy product produced by cows that shouldn't be stored in a metal container |
| 24% | FLORENCEPUGH | 12 | "Dune: Part Two" actress whose first name is also a city in Italy (2 wds.) |
| 24% | NBC | 3 | Big name in TV with a well-known logo that was originally a microphone surrounded by lightning bolts in 1943 |