| 100% | MAO | 3 | Leader name-checked by Lennon in "Revolution" |
| 47% | ITAR | 4 | Name dropped by TASS in 2014 |
| 46% | LENIN | 5 | Leader in a 1917 revolution |
| 46% | ONO | 3 | Middle name adopted by Lennon |
| 45% | AKELA | 5 | Common name for a Cub Scout leader originated by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book" from a Hindi word meaning "alone" |
| 43% | BATISTA | 7 | Leader ousted by Castro during the Cuban Revolution |
| 43% | REALLOVE | 8 | Lennon tune reworked by remaining Beatles in 1995 |
| 43% | MAHARAJA | 8 | Name of the leader in the Indian Empire |
| 43% | ASSAD | 5 | Leader sanctioned by the U.S. in 2011 |
| 43% | EMIL | 4 | Name found by reversing the letters in "lime" |
| 43% | TAGS | 4 | Mentions by name, in a tweet |
| 43% | PULSE | 5 | It may be checked by feeling heartbeats in a wrist artery |
| 42% | AMOCO | 5 | Brand name reintroduced by BP in 2017 |
| 42% | PARAMETER | 9 | Name for a value accepted by a function, in programming |
| 42% | HUSAK | 5 | Czech leader ousted in the Velvet Revolution, 1989 |
| 41% | ERA | 3 | Word often preceded by a leader's name |
| 41% | ONO | 3 | John Lennon's middle name, in later years |
| 41% | EIRE | 4 | Country name pronounced by natives in two syllables |
| 41% | ELIO | 4 | Main character in "Call Me by Your Name" |
| 41% | BOARDING | 8 | __ pass, paperwork issued by airline for check in |
| 41% | BOWERY | 6 | District in southern Manhattan, named by the Dutch |
| 41% | ONO | 3 | Middle name taken by John Lennon |
| 41% | ONO | 3 | Middle name adopted by John Lennon |
| 41% | CULTURAL | 8 | Revolution launched by Mao in China |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Name of counties in three states, all crossed by I-90 |
| 41% | ELIO | 4 | Oliver's lover in "Call Me by Your Name" |
| 40% | LAWLORDS | 8 | Name by which the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also known |
| 40% | SIC | 3 | Name of the first EP by rapper Krizz Kaliko, released in 2011 |
| 40% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Name picked by Rosalind as a boy in As You Like It |
| 40% | ONO | 3 | What John Lennon changed his middle name to in 1969 |