| 100% | KETCH | 5 | Jack —, English hangman whose victims included the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 |
| 34% | CADE | 4 | Jack —, English leader of the Kentish rebellion against Henry VI in 1450 |
| 32% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | English bassist/singer in the Beatles whose solo hits include "No More Lonely Nights": 2 wds. |
| 32% | ETTY | 4 | William —, English painter whose works include The Golden Age and The Judgement of Paris |
| 31% | JOHNLYDGATE | 11 | English poet born circa 1370 whose works include The Floure of Curtesye |
| 31% | REGAN | 5 | The Duke of Cornwall's wife, in Shakespeare |
| 31% | VINCENTIO | 9 | The Duke of Vienna in Measure for Measure |
| 31% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | English guitarist/singer in the Yardbirds and Cream whose solo hits include "Tears in Heaven": 2 wds. |
| 31% | AIDA | 4 | "Celeste ___" (aria whose title includes the name of the opera it's in) |
| 31% | ANNA | 4 | & 7A Actress whose roles have included Holly Cantrell in 2009 adventure film Land of the Lost |
| 31% | MAUREENOHARA | 12 | Actress whose roles include Esmeralda in 1939 film drama The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| 31% | ETHEREGE | 8 | George —, 17th-century English dramatist whose works include The Man of Mode |
| 30% | BOSSHOGG | 8 | The Dukes of Hazzard's enemy in the TV series |
| 30% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | English singer whose album "÷" and song "Shape of You" both topped the charts in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 30% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Joshua —, English painter whose portraits include that of Captain Robert Orme in 1756 |
| 30% | NORMAND | 7 | Ernest —, English painter whose works include 1885's The Bitter Draught of Slavery |
| 30% | SUSSEX | 6 | Prince Harry is the duke of this English county |
| 30% | SOLINUS | 7 | Duke of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors |
| 29% | PROSPERO | 8 | Duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest |
| 29% | ROY | 3 | Comic actor whose roles included Planchet in 1989 action film The Return of the Musketeers |
| 29% | PHILIPSIDNEY | 12 | 16th-century English poet whose works include prose work The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia |
| 28% | RUE | 3 | Genus of evergreen shrubs including the common — whose bitter leaves are used in herbal medicine |
| 28% | TONYHARRISON | 12 | English poet whose volumes include V and The Loiners |
| 28% | SILVIA | 6 | The duke's daughter in Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| 28% | THOMASDEKKER | 12 | English poet and dramatist whose works include the plays Match Me in London and The Shoemaker's Holiday |
| 28% | REGAN | 5 | Wife of the Duke of Cornwall, in Shakespeare |
| 28% | HAWAII | 6 | State whose flag includes the Union Jack |
| 28% | ELOI | 4 | Victims of the Morlocks, in sci-fi |
| 28% | GOLIATH | 7 | Victim of a slingshot, in the Bible |
| 28% | NIGHY | 5 | Bill —, actor whose roles include Hephaestus in 2012 action film Wrath of the Titans |