| 100% | AVON | 4 | Large cosmetics company named for the river in Shakespeare's hometown |
| 42% | MARYKAY | 7 | Cosmetics company named for a woman with the last name Ash: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MET | 3 | Colloquial name for the largest art museum in 50a |
| 40% | DELTA | 5 | Large US airline named for the southern region of the Mississippi River |
| 39% | CHARON | 6 | Pluto’s largest moon, named for the ferryman of the River Styx |
| 38% | GREASER | 7 | Name for tough kid in S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders |
| 38% | GRANTA | 6 | Local name for the longer of two main tributaries of the River Cam in eastern England |
| 38% | ORCA | 4 | The boat in "Jaws," named for a large marine mammal |
| 37% | KONA | 4 | Coffee named for the district it's grown in |
| 37% | TAGINE | 6 | Maghrebi stew named for the pot it's cooked in |
| 37% | BIANCA | 6 | Moon of Uranus named for Katherine's sister in Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 36% | ASHE | 4 | Person for whom the largest tennis arena in the world is named |
| 36% | MOSELLE | 7 | White wine named for the European river valley where it's produced |
| 36% | SNOWCRAB | 8 | Seafood named for the cold oceans in which it's commonly found |
| 36% | THEBIGDIPPER | 12 | Current name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 36% | THEGREATWAGON | 13 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 36% | THESEVENOXEN | 12 | Old name for the arrangement of the O's in this puzzle |
| 36% | NEHI | 4 | Company named for the exaggerated height of its tallish bottles |
| 36% | TANDOORICHICKEN | 15 | Dish named for the oven in which it’s cooked |
| 35% | GULES | 5 | Name for the colour red in heraldry |
| 35% | ORENA | 5 | Fans' affectionate name for the NBA Magic's one-time home, imploded in 2012 |
| 35% | DOORDASH | 8 | Largest food delivery company in the U.S. |
| 35% | METRO | 5 | Name for the subway in Paris or Shanghai |
| 35% | MABELL | 6 | Old name for the phone company |
| 35% | HUANGHE | 7 | Chinese name for the Yellow River |
| 34% | AVON | 4 | River past the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre |
| 34% | ESTRAGON | 8 | French name for the herb tarragon; character in Samuel Beckett's stage play Waiting for Godot |
| 34% | MIRANDA | 7 | Moon of Uranus named for Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" |
| 34% | UAL | 3 | ICAO code for the transportation company HQed in Chicago's Willis Tower |
| 34% | SHAG | 4 | Nickname for the artist Josh Agle (it's hidden in his name) |