| 100% | TRIBAL | 6 | Like the council led by Jeff Probst |
| 51% | BRITISH | 7 | Like the invasion led by 35-Down |
| 44% | ELO | 3 | Band led by Jeff Lynne that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 43% | BUFF | 4 | What Jeff Probst calls the bandanna worn by a contestant on "Survivor" |
| 42% | TRIBE | 5 | "The ___ has spoken," catchphrase used by Jeff Probst on the reality show "Survivor" |
| 41% | SURVIVOR | 8 | CBS reality show hosted by Jeff Probst |
| 41% | TRIBAL | 6 | Like the council on "Survivor" |
| 41% | NEVERMIND | 9 | 1991 album by Nirvana with the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
| 38% | MENTOR | 6 | Lead by the hand |
| 38% | BAMBOOZLE | 9 | Lead by the nose |
| 38% | SOLE | 4 | "... one ___ Survivor" (line often said by Jeff Probst) |
| 37% | ASIAN | 5 | Like the mynah, by origin |
| 37% | SOMALI | 6 | Like the novelist Nadifa Mohamed, by birth |
| 37% | SOBER | 5 | Like the designated driver, by design |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | Country led by the Taoiseach |
| 36% | SOUR | 4 | Like the grapes in a fable by Aesop |
| 36% | SLAIN | 5 | Like the Jabberwock, by the vorpal blade |
| 36% | PRESBYTERIAN | 12 | Congregant led by councils of elders |
| 36% | COINED | 6 | Like the word "truthiness," by Stephen Colbert |
| 36% | CRUSADERS | 9 | Group led by Richard the Lionheart |
| 36% | HEART | 5 | Band led by the Wilson sisters |
| 36% | AUGEAN | 6 | Like the stables cleaned by Hercules |
| 36% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the lion slain by Hercules |
| 36% | NEMEAN | 6 | Like the lion killed by Hercules |
| 36% | AMENABLE | 8 | Easy to lead by the nose |
| 36% | SURVIVOR | 8 | TV show hosted in US by Jeff Probst for 40 seasons |
| 35% | ENDEAVOUR | 9 | Led by Lord Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 35% | AVANTGARDE | 10 | Like the work spelled out by the circled letters |
| 35% | TWENTYSOMETHING | 15 | Like the lead characters on “Insecure” and “Broad City” |
| 35% | KLEPTOCRATIC | 12 | Like a government led by thieving politicians |