| 100% | FENDER | 6 | Leo —, US inventor whose guitar designs include the Stratocaster and Telecaster |
| 44% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 43% | MORSE | 5 | Samuel —, US inventor and painter whose works include 1830's The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco |
| 35% | GROSSMAN | 8 | Loyd —, US-born television presenter whose credits include Masterchef and Through the Keyhole |
| 35% | LOYD | 4 | & 13D US-born television presenter whose credits include Masterchef and Through the Keyhole |
| 35% | EDWARD | 6 | & 9D US writer and artist whose works include 1963 volume The Gashlycrumb Tinies |
| 34% | LPGA | 4 | Group whose major events include the U.S. Women's Open and the Evian Championship: Abbr. |
| 33% | JARRELL | 7 | Randall —, US poet whose volumes include The Lost World and Losses |
| 32% | CRUMB | 5 | Robert —, US cartoonist whose creations include Fritz the Cat and Mr Natural |
| 32% | CRUMB | 5 | Robert —, US cartoonist whose creations include Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural |
| 32% | STEVENS | 7 | Wallace —, US poet whose volumes include The Auroras of Autumn and Harmonium |
| 32% | MAN | 3 | & 12D US photographer and painter born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890 whose works include 1948 oil Dance in the Subway |
| 32% | LESPAUL | 7 | US inventor of the solid body electric guitar |
| 32% | EDISON | 6 | US inventor of the phonograph and light bulb |
| 32% | THURBER | 7 | James —, US humorist whose short stories include The Catbird Seat and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| 31% | PLATH | 5 | Sylvia —, US poet whose volumes include The Colossus and Ariel |
| 31% | HARRISON | 8 | Harry —, US author whose novels include Bill, the Galactic Hero and Make Room! Make Room! |
| 31% | LOWELL | 6 | Robert —, US poet whose volumes include For the Union Dead and Lord Weary's Castle |
| 31% | NATO | 4 | International alliance that includes the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 31% | NATO | 4 | Its founding members included the U.K. and Can. |
| 31% | HARTE | 5 | Bret —, US writer whose volumes include 1870's The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches |
| 30% | JEFFKOONS | 9 | US artist whose sculptures include Rabbit and Puppy |
| 30% | WHITSTILLMAN | 12 | US director whose films include Barcelona and Metropolitan |
| 30% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state whose cities include Tulsa and Norman |
| 30% | BASQUIAT | 8 | Jean-Michel —, US artist whose works include 1982’s Moses and the Egyptians |
| 30% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose game consoles included the 2600 and 5200 |
| 30% | CHINA | 5 | Country whose dynasties have included the Han and Ming |