| 100% | TESH | 4 | John who once cohosted "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 74% | TESH | 4 | John who once co-hosted "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 66% | TESH | 4 | New age pianist John who once hosted "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 66% | TESH | 4 | New Age musician John who once hosted "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 57% | TESH | 4 | John ___ who co-hosted "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 55% | TESH | 4 | John, once of "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 54% | ALF | 3 | ET who once appeared on "Entertainment Tonight" |
| 53% | ELTON | 5 | John who once toured with Joel |
| 51% | BARBARA | 7 | Walters who once cohosted "The View" |
| 51% | JOAN | 4 | Rivers who once cohosted "Fashion Police" |
| 50% | LEEZA | 5 | "Entertainment Tonight" cohost Gibbons who won "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2015 |
| 50% | ANNE | 4 | Actress Hathaway who once cohosted the Oscars |
| 50% | BEHAR | 5 | Comedian Joy who once cohosted "The View" |
| 47% | GOTTI | 5 | John who was once known as the Teflon Don |
| 43% | PAAR | 4 | Jack who once hosted "The Tonight Show" |
| 43% | LECARRE | 7 | Spy novelist John who once worked for Britain’s M.I.5 and M.I.6 |
| 41% | ODELL | 5 | "Entertainment Tonight" cohost Nancy |
| 39% | LEEZA | 5 | Former "Entertainment Tonight" cohost Gibbons |
| 38% | TESH | 4 | Former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John |
| 38% | TYLERPERRY | 10 | Movie mogul whom Forbes magazine once named the highest-paid man in entertainment |
| 38% | CHRISSYTEIGEN | 13 | Model/actress (and wife of John Legend) who cohosts 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SOMEONE | 7 | Who "saved my life tonight" in a 1975 Elton John hit |
| 36% | NEE | 3 | Who once went by |
| 36% | ASTIN | 5 | John who played Gomez |
| 36% | FOGERTY | 7 | John who sang "Jambalaya" |
| 36% | NAPIER | 6 | John who invented logarithms |
| 36% | DEERE | 5 | John who made plows |
| 36% | HERSEY | 6 | John who wrote "Hiroshima" |
| 36% | ELTON | 5 | John who was knighted |
| 36% | WESLEY | 6 | John who founded Methodism |