| 100% | KRASINSKI | 9 | John who was looking for A Quiet Place in 2018 |
| 50% | AMY | 3 | Actress Schumer who was nominated for a Tony in 2018 |
| 47% | SANJOSE | 7 | Place Dionne Warwick was looking for in a 1968 song |
| 46% | CHALAMET | 8 | Actor Timothée who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2018 |
| 44% | VENN | 4 | John who was a pioneer in set theory |
| 41% | CUSACK | 6 | John who plays a puppeteer in Being John Malkovich |
| 41% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F. ___, US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| 41% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that Marlin and Dory are looking for in a 2003 movie |
| 41% | SNORKELERS | 10 | Ones who may be looking for a school? |
| 41% | CHEMIST | 7 | One who may be looking for a reaction |
| 41% | NEMO | 4 | Fish that Marlin and Dory are looking for, in a 2003 Pixar film |
| 40% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who was nominated for a 2018 Tony Award |
| 40% | ELLA | 4 | Fitzgerald who was the inspiration for a Barbie in 2020 |
| 39% | VENN | 4 | John ___, English logician for whom a diagram is named |
| 39% | ALUM | 4 | Who might be asked for a donation, in brief |
| 39% | EMMATHOMPSON | 12 | "Howards End" actress who was made a Dame in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALEK | 4 | Model Wek who was appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR in 2013 |
| 39% | ELECT | 5 | President-___ (title for a president who hasn't been sworn in yet) |
| 39% | THEE | 4 | For whom the bell tolls, in a John Donne poem |
| 39% | CENA | 4 | John who plays a mercenary in "Peacemaker," and whose name can be found in "mercenary" |
| 38% | EMME | 4 | One-named model who was a spokesperson for Revlon in the late 1990s |
| 38% | MACMILLER | 9 | Artist who was posthumously nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy in 2019 |
| 38% | RIIS | 4 | Muckraker Jacob for whom a park in Queens is named |
| 38% | RIIS | 4 | Jacob for whom a park in the Rockaways is named |
| 38% | HELEN | 5 | Mirren who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in “Catherine the Great” (January, 2020) |
| 38% | JOBSEEKER | 9 | Someone who is looking for employment |
| 38% | GALGADOT | 8 | "Wonder Woman" star who was named a Revlon Global Brand Ambassador in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LOUISELASSER | 12 | "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" actress who was also in "Requiem for a Dream": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JVN | 3 | TV personality who is a grooming expert in the 2018 TV series, "Queer Eye," familiarly |
| 38% | TAN | 3 | ___ France, TV personality who is a fashion expert in the 2018 TV series, "Queer Eye" |