| 100% | NOAH | 4 | Man who saved his family by building an ark |
| 37% | NOAH | 4 | One who built an ark |
| 35% | NOAH | 4 | Biblical figure who built an ark |
| 35% | NOAH | 4 | Biblical patriarch who built an ark |
| 35% | NOAH | 4 | Biblical character who built an ark |
| 33% | ISAAC | 5 | Newton, who was inspired by an apple falling on his head |
| 32% | DARTHVADER | 10 | Primary antagonist in the original trilogy of "Star Wars" who saves his son, Luke Skywalker, by sacrificing his life: 2 wds. |
| 32% | NOAH | 4 | Old Testament Hebrew patriarch who built an ark |
| 32% | NOAH | 4 | He built an ark |
| 31% | MIDAS | 5 | Man who changed 10 letters in this puzzle by touching them (the original letters describe his daughter, to his dismay) |
| 30% | BENZ | 4 | Karl —, German designer who built the first car to be driven by an internal-combustion engine |
| 30% | BELL | 4 | Man who found his calling? |
| 30% | MAUS | 4 | Graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts an interview with his father who is a Holocaust survivor |
| 29% | DELLA | 5 | With 37-Across, "Touched by an Angel" actress who played a landlady on "Chico and the Man" |
| 29% | GENT | 4 | Man who might tip his cap |
| 29% | MONK | 4 | Man who lives in an abbey |
| 29% | NOAH | 4 | Man who built the 23 Across |
| 29% | ELI | 3 | Manning who announced his retirement in 2020 |
| 28% | NOAH | 4 | Biblical figure entrusted with building an ark before the great floods |
| 28% | ERECTORSET | 10 | Toy featured in the 2002 film "The Man Who Saved Christmas" |
| 28% | NOAH | 4 | Man who's saved from a flood in Genesis |
| 28% | WIDOWER | 7 | A man who has lost his wife |
| 28% | NOAH | 4 | Man who collected animals, two by two |
| 28% | BART | 4 | Cartoon boy who can be described by an anagram of his name |
| 28% | ISAACHAYES | 10 | "Soul Man" singer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for his work on the film "Shaft": 2 wds. |
| 28% | EVAN | 4 | "___ Almighty" (2007 film in which Steve Carell's character builds an ark) |
| 27% | ELI | 3 | Manning who played his entire NFL career with the Giants |
| 27% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical man who lost his birthright |
| 27% | ARK | 3 | Vessel built by a man who was at least five hundred years old, per Genesis |
| 27% | NOAH | 4 | Man with an ark |