| 100% | POE | 3 | Literary figure whose name is a letter short of something he wrote |
| 50% | CREE | 4 | Northern tribe whose name is one letter short of a rock band |
| 47% | POE | 3 | His name is a letter short of his description |
| 39% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 39% | RODIN | 5 | Sculptor whose name is a letter 37-Across |
| 38% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose name is a byword for obsession |
| 38% | DELTA | 5 | Airline whose name is a Greek letter |
| 38% | OMEGA | 5 | Swiss watchmaker whose name is a Greek letter |
| 38% | OMEGA | 5 | Watch brand whose name is a Greek letter |
| 38% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot" |
| 38% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is a homophone of "Molly" |
| 38% | CEDAR | 5 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "seeder" |
| 38% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "you" |
| 37% | BLENDE | 6 | Name for zinc sulfide that is one letter short of a kitchen appliance |
| 37% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 37% | NEHI | 4 | Drink whose name is a homophone of 48-Across |
| 37% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is a brand of bottled water |
| 37% | FIJI | 4 | Island group whose name is a brand of water |
| 37% | ARIAL | 5 | Font whose name is a homophone of 20-Across |
| 37% | IMEMINE | 7 | Beatles song whose name is a list of pronouns |
| 37% | TWIX | 4 | Candy whose name is a portmanteau of "twin sticks" |
| 37% | GOOFY | 5 | Cartoon dog whose name is a synonym of "silly" |
| 37% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 37% | RAVENS | 6 | N.F.L. team whose name is a literary reference |
| 37% | ABSALOM | 7 | Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title |
| 37% | ARES | 4 | God whose name is a homophone of a zodiac sign |
| 37% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company whose name is a homophone of a volcano |
| 37% | KLEE | 4 | Artist whose name is a homophone of a sculpture medium |
| 37% | SMOG | 4 | Pollution whose name is a combination of "smoke" and "fog" |
| 37% | SWF | 3 | Personal ad letters whose full form is the name of a 1992 Bridget Fonda thriller |