| 100% | INC | 3 | Magazine whose first cover, in 1979, asked "Ready for Your First Computer?" |
| 37% | MAXIM | 5 | Men's magazine whose first cover featured actress Christa Miller |
| 34% | READERSDIGEST | 13 | General interest magazine whose first issue was published in 1922 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ESPN | 4 | Cable channel whose first telecast, in 1979, was the debut episode of "SportsCenter" |
| 33% | UNIVAC | 6 | Pioneering computer line whose first model débuted in 1951 |
| 33% | FREDBIRD | 8 | ___, official mascot for the St. Louis Cardinals MLB team that was first seen in 1979 |
| 33% | MICHAEL | 7 | & 21A English actor whose roles included Locque in 1981 action film For Your Eyes Only |
| 33% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine whose fiftieth-anniversary issue, in 2020, featured Naomi Campbell on the cover |
| 32% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners, which first appeared in 1964 |
| 32% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners that first appeared in 1964 |
| 32% | BASIC | 5 | High-level computer programming language for beginners which first appeared in 1964 |
| 32% | XFL | 3 | Gridiron org. whose first letter did not, in fact, stand for "extreme" |
| 32% | MIA | 3 | Actress Farrow who was on the first cover of People magazine in 1974 |
| 32% | NAME | 4 | "What's your ___?" question you ask someone you met for the first time |
| 31% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Playwright whose "Buried Child" won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JULIANNEMOORE | 13 | Actress whose first Oscar nomination was for her role in "Boogie Nights": 2 wds. |
| 31% | METEOR | 6 | Ford ___, automobile first sold in 1949 whose name is an alias for "shooting star" |
| 31% | INC | 3 | The first magazine to feature Steve Jobs on its cover, in 1981 |
| 31% | CINDYCRAWFORD | 13 | "Fair Game" actress whose mole was airbrushed out for her first Vogue cover: 2 wds. |
| 31% | TRIB | 4 | Pub. whose editorial page endorsed a Democrat for president for the first time in 2008 |
| 31% | HARVEST | 7 | (5/5) Enjoy your microgreens which will be ready for ___ in seven to ten days |
| 31% | HELP | 4 | Beatles album whose cover art actually shows semaphore for NUJV (or NVUJ in some versions) |
| 30% | MATTHEWQUIRK | 12 | 30-Across novelist whose first novel, "The 500," was nominated for an Edgar Award in 2012 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | DRWHO | 5 | BBC classic whose title role will be played by a woman for the first time in 2017 |
| 29% | MELLOR | 6 | David —, 1979-97 Conservative MP for Putney; first Secretary of State for National Heritage in 1992 |
| 29% | MAGLITES | 8 | Shiners first sold in 1979 |
| 29% | GLOVE | 5 | Protective hand covering, for one, that you may find in a first aid kit |
| 29% | ESSENCE | 7 | Magazine whose first editorial director was Gordon Parks |
| 29% | OKSHOOT | 7 | "I'm ready for your questions" |
| 29% | INC | 3 | Business magazine that, in 1981, was the first to feature Steve Jobs on its cover |