| 100% | EVEREST | 7 | Its namesake, a former Surveyor General of India, objected to having it named for him |
| 45% | BED | 3 | Article of furniture that has a room named for it |
| 40% | NEWCAR | 6 | It has a smell named for it |
| 38% | NEHRU | 5 | Jacket style named for a former prime minister of India |
| 38% | AMOS | 4 | First Hebrew prophet to have a biblical book named for him |
| 37% | STOLENBASE | 10 | One has to make a run for it |
| 37% | TSA | 3 | It has to deal with a lot of baggage, for short |
| 37% | YACHT | 5 | America, for example, which has a "Cup" named after it |
| 37% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 37% | ERNE | 4 | Common name for haliaeetus albicilla that can have a wingspan of up to 8 ft. |
| 36% | ZEBRA | 5 | Animal that has a kind of street crossing named after it |
| 36% | GARAGE | 6 | Part of a house that lends its name to a music genre stereotypically rehearsed in it |
| 36% | BULLET | 6 | Bit of ammo that one might want to "dodge" and has a "bull" in its name |
| 36% | TIGERSLAM | 9 | Winning four consecutive majors over a two-year span, as named for the first to do it |
| 35% | TSO | 3 | General with a Chinese dish named for him |
| 35% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 34% | PLATTER | 7 | *Hand something on a silver ___, idiom about someone getting something very easily, without having to work for it |
| 34% | ORD | 3 | Former fort named for a Union general |
| 34% | BELT | 4 | A loser may have to tighten it |
| 34% | NEET | 4 | Former name for a rival of Nair |
| 34% | BEENE | 5 | A Council of Fashion Designers of America award is named for him |
| 34% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis great Arthur who has a stadium named for him |
| 34% | THYESTES | 8 | Brother of Atreus with a Seneca play named for him |
| 34% | LESPAUL | 7 | Musician with a Gibson line of guitars named for him |
| 34% | SAINTOLAF | 9 | Patron of Norway with a Minnesota college named for him |
| 33% | CAVA | 4 | One of Scotland's smaller Orkney Islands whose name means "calf" and that has just a lighthouse on it |
| 33% | SOCK | 4 | Matching ___, one of a pair of feet warmers that seems impossible to find when you're looking for it |
| 33% | BATTLESHIP | 10 | It may have the name of a state |
| 33% | SOLDIER | 7 | General name for a member of the Army |
| 33% | BOLT | 4 | Notable name in speedy circles who as of May 17, 2020, now has a daughter to tag along behind him |