| 100% | AARON | 5 | Last name likely to be first in a roll call |
| 73% | AARON | 5 | Name likely to come first in a class roll call |
| 43% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name is a 41-Down of his first name, after a D is changed to an N |
| 43% | USUALSUSPECT | 12 | Person likely to be involved in a particular situation |
| 40% | SARDINES | 8 | Fish thought to be named after a region in Italy |
| 39% | ARTFILM | 7 | Movie that's not likely to be shown in a multiplex |
| 39% | LED | 3 | Was first in a parade |
| 39% | BILLYJOEL | 9 | "My Life" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Crocodile Rock" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BTEN | 4 | Bygone bomber whose name is a call in bingo |
| 38% | LUKEBRYAN | 9 | "Play It Again" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TOBYKEITH | 9 | "Red Solo Cup" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HERE | 4 | Reply in a roll call |
| 38% | HERE | 4 | "Present," in a roll call |
| 38% | JOAQUINPHOENIX | 14 | "Joker" Oscar-winning actor whose last name is a city in Arizona (2 wds.) |
| 38% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 38% | NOSES | 5 | Items counted in a roll call |
| 38% | VOTESNO | 7 | Says ''nay'' in a roll call |
| 38% | VOTENO | 6 | Say nay in a roll call |
| 37% | LINEONE | 7 | What the first call to a receptionist might come in on |
| 37% | RICE | 4 | Jerry ___, former NFL wide receiver whose last name is a staple grain found in Asian cuisines |
| 37% | ALPACINO | 8 | Actor who asks to be called "Dunk" in a Dunkin' Donuts ad in Jack and Jill |
| 37% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 37% | DELAY | 5 | "There was a ___ in the delivery due to heavy rainfall." (was late) |
| 37% | FIRST | 5 | Like Aaron Aaronson in a roll call, perhaps |
| 37% | LANAI | 5 | Isle where sugar was first produced in Hawaii, by a farmer named Wong Tse Chun in 1802 |
| 37% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 37% | LAILA | 5 | First name of a world champion boxer who was daughter to a world champion boxer |
| 37% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a phone in the White House—its number was "1" (1877) |
| 36% | AUSTINBUTLER | 12 | "Elvis" actor whose first name is also a place in Texas (2 wds.) |