| 100% | TEAL | 4 | Color that takes its name from a bird |
| 100% | TEAL | 4 | Color that takes its name from a duck |
| 99% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state that takes its name from a river |
| 98% | LEFIGARO | 8 | Leading newspaper that took its name from a stage comedy |
| 98% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake that takes its name from a Native American tribe |
| 95% | TBONE | 5 | Type of steak that takes its name from a letter of the alphabet: Hyph. |
| 94% | AGNUSDEI | 8 | Liturgy that takes its name from a term for Jesus used by John the Baptist |
| 94% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 85% | DRAB | 4 | Word that took its lackluster name from a fabric made of undyed, homespun wool |
| 82% | OHIO | 4 | Columbus' state which takes its name from a river |
| 81% | SOBE | 4 | Drink brand that takes its name from South Beach, Florida |
| 81% | ACE | 3 | Hardware store chain that took its name from fighter pilots |
| 80% | AMBER | 5 | Shade of yellow that takes its name from eponymous tree resin |
| 79% | THEDOORS | 8 | 1960s-'70s band that took its name from an Aldous Huxley title |
| 78% | SCISSORSDANCE | 13 | Quechuan custom that takes its name from the bladelike rods wielded by performers |
| 76% | SAZERAC | 7 | Cocktail that gets its name from a French cognac |
| 76% | MOMSSPAGHETTI | 13 | Restaurant opened by Eminem, in 2021, which takes its name from a line in “Lose Yourself” |
| 74% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance giant that got its name from a Sicilian volcano |
| 71% | ROCKETMAN | 9 | Musical biopic that takes its title from a 1972 hit by 17-Across |
| 69% | MARIMBA | 7 | Instrument that shares its name with a figure from Zulu folklore |
| 65% | STOCKINGCAP | 11 | *Knit headwear that may have a tufted ball at its end |
| 64% | MAUI | 4 | Island in Hawaii that shares its name with a character from Disney's "Moana" |
| 61% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 61% | OHIO | 4 | American state that derives it's name from a nearby river |
| 60% | LORNA | 5 | ___ Doone (cookie brand that shares its name with a character from a Victorian romance novel) |
| 59% | POODLEMOTH | 10 | Rare insect that borrows a part of its name from a dog breed: 2 wds. |
| 58% | PATAGONIANMARA | 14 | Rodent which borrows its name from a South American region and resembles a jackrabbit: 2 wds. |
| 58% | UTES | 4 | Tribe that gave its name to a state |
| 58% | ERIE | 4 | Tribe that lent its name to a canal |
| 58% | ETON | 4 | School that lent its name to a collar |