| 100% | FOURSPEED | 9 | Like most manual transmissions in the 1970s and '80s |
| 47% | UPTOWN | 6 | Like Manhattan in the 80s and 90s? |
| 45% | AURAL | 5 | Like many exams done at the "Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary" in Boston |
| 43% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher who played Superman in the 1970s and 1980s |
| 42% | RONNIES | 7 | 1970s and 80s BBC TV comedy show: The Two __ |
| 42% | ICY | 3 | Like many Canadian roads in the winter |
| 41% | USELESS | 7 | Like most trivia, in the real world |
| 41% | SYR | 3 | Like many asylum seekers in the 2010s: Abbr. |
| 41% | NORSE | 5 | Like many mythical characters in the Marvel movies |
| 41% | FLAT | 4 | Like most land in the Midwest |
| 41% | ALECGUINNESS | 12 | Actor who played 29-/32-Across in the 1970s and 1980s: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BENSONDUBOIS | 12 | TV character played by Robert Guillaume in the 1970s and 1980s (2 wds.) |
| 41% | RESET | 5 | Like most clocks in April and October |
| 41% | ONCD | 4 | Like much music, starting in the late 1980s |
| 41% | SUNK | 4 | Like many ships in the Bermuda Triangle |
| 41% | FREELANCE | 9 | Like many jobs in the gig economy |
| 41% | LESBIAN | 7 | Like many featured in the Out100 list |
| 41% | NEW | 3 | Like VCRs in the 1970s |
| 40% | COLORCAST | 9 | Like most TV shows starting in the 1960s |
| 40% | NERDY | 5 | Like most characters in The Big Bang Theory |
| 40% | ONEEYED | 7 | Like many of the Minions in "Despicable Me" |
| 40% | GAY | 3 | Like many characters in the Netflix series "Heartstopper" |
| 40% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop group with a TV variety show in the 1970s and 1980s (3 wds.) |
| 40% | KINGTUTEXHIBIT | 14 | Traveling show of the 1970s and 2000s that originated in Cairo |
| 40% | ABED | 4 | Like most people in the middle of the night |
| 40% | ARAB | 4 | Like many people who live in the Middle East |
| 40% | JAZZY | 5 | Like much of the music in "La La Land" |
| 40% | ARID | 4 | Like much of the Southwest, in terms of climate |
| 39% | SPEEDTRAPS | 10 | Things feared in the 80s and 90s? |
| 39% | NERDS | 5 | Like most of the characters in "The Big Bang Theory" |