| 100% | AVA | 3 | Kitty in "The Killers," 1946 |
| 58% | ENOS | 4 | Slaughter in the 1946 World Series |
| 57% | GHOSTFACE | 9 | Name of the killer in the Scream series |
| 56% | OSS | 3 | Org. in the 1946 film "Cloak and Dagger" |
| 56% | OSS | 3 | Org. in the 1946 thriller "Cloak and Dagger" |
| 55% | ARM | 3 | Body part missing from the killer in "The Fugitive" |
| 55% | APE | 3 | "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" killer |
| 54% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | 39-Across legend who played in the 1946 8-Down |
| 53% | RIPPER | 6 | Jack the __, killer in London's Victorian East End |
| 52% | NEWYORK | 7 | City where the NBA was founded in 1946 |
| 52% | ASSAULT | 7 | Horse that won the Triple Crown in 1946 |
| 50% | SWEDE | 5 | Character in "The Killers" |
| 50% | AVIS | 4 | Company started in 1946 at the Detroit and Miami airports |
| 50% | HESSE | 5 | German-Swiss author who won the 1946 Nobel in Literature |
| 50% | ORCA | 4 | Killer whale featured in the film "Free Willy" |
| 48% | CAIN | 4 | Abel's killer, in the Bible |
| 48% | LARRYPARKS | 10 | Actor who played the title role in 1946 biopic The Jolson Story |
| 47% | PARKS | 5 | Larry —, actor who played the title role in 1946 biopic The Jolson Story |
| 47% | LAKE | 4 | Veronica —, actress who played Joyce Harwood in 1946 film drama The Blue Dahlia |
| 46% | MOOD | 4 | In the ___ |
| 46% | KNOW | 4 | In the ___ |
| 46% | LOOP | 4 | In the ___ |
| 46% | SWIM | 4 | In the ___ |
| 46% | AVA | 3 | Burt's "The Killers" co-star, 1946 |
| 46% | LEATHERFACE | 11 | The antagonist in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", serial killer who uses a chainsaw in murder and cannibalism |
| 46% | THEBURBS | 8 | 1989 comedy film in which the Petersons suspect their neighbors are killers: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ANNA | 4 | "___ Karenina," British historical drama film in which Alicia Vikander played the role of Kitty |
| 45% | ALA | 3 | In the style |
| 45% | ONHIGH | 6 | In the heavens |