| 100% | SPEKE | 5 | John ___, English explorer who named Lake Victoria |
| 69% | BAKER | 5 | Samuel —, 19th-century English explorer who named Lake Albert in Africa |
| 62% | BURTON | 6 | Richard —, English explorer who, with John Speke, discovered Lake Tanganyika in 1858 |
| 54% | SPEKE | 5 | John Hanning —, Devon-born explorer who discovered Lake Victoria in 1858 |
| 49% | VENN | 4 | John ___, English logician for whom a diagram is named |
| 45% | LASALLE | 7 | Explorer who named Louisiana |
| 40% | LASALLE | 7 | Explorer who gave Louisiana its name |
| 39% | VESPUCCI | 8 | Explorer whom America was named after: Amerigo __ |
| 38% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him |
| 38% | HENRYHUDSON | 11 | English explorer who discovered a large Canadian bay in the early 1600s: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BERING | 6 | Explorer who lent his name to a strait off Alaska |
| 37% | VESPUCCI | 8 | Amerigo __, explorer who gave his name to America |
| 37% | VESPUCCI | 8 | Explorer for whom America was named |
| 37% | SPEKE | 5 | John Hanning —, Devon-born adventurer who explored Lake Victoria in 1858 |
| 37% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon explorer who encounters a thieving fox named Swiper |
| 37% | HUMBOLDT | 8 | German explorer who has a penguin named after him |
| 36% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom a sea was named |
| 36% | DORA | 4 | Cartoon explorer who is friends with a monkey named Boots |
| 36% | BALBOA | 6 | Explorer for whom Panama's currency is named |
| 36% | TASMAN | 6 | Explorer for whom an Australian state is named |
| 36% | OCCAM | 5 | English philosopher for whom a "razor" is named |
| 36% | CONSTABLE | 9 | English artist John who painted The Hay Wain |
| 36% | KITDEWAAL | 9 | English author who wrote My Name Is Leon |
| 36% | CLIVECUSSLER | 12 | Adventure novelist and underwater explorer who named hero Dirk Pitt for his son (2 wd.) |
| 35% | SPEKE | 5 | English explorer whose name sounds like something you might say to a dog |
| 35% | PIKE | 4 | Explorer Zebulon for whom a Colorado mountain is named |
| 35% | AMELIA | 6 | English princess after whom a Virginia county is named |
| 34% | QUEENANNE | 9 | English monarch after whom a brickwork building style is named |
| 34% | MACADAM | 7 | John from Australia, after whom the macadamia nut was named |
| 34% | LEWIS | 5 | John for whom the Voting Rights Advancement Act was named |