| 100% | FRIAR | 5 | Man with his life in order? |
| 46% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |
| 45% | YODA | 4 | Film wise man with his own grammar |
| 45% | CURIOUSGEORGE | 13 | Monkey in children's books who lives with The Man in the Yellow Hat (2 wds.) |
| 43% | ATLAS | 5 | Man with the world on his shoulders |
| 42% | COEXISTS | 8 | Lives in peace with others despite their differences |
| 42% | AARON | 5 | Man with a rod, in the Bible |
| 42% | FRA | 3 | Man in an order |
| 41% | NUN | 3 | Woman with her habits in order? |
| 40% | NERD | 4 | Guy with his nose always stuck in a book |
| 40% | AVIATOR | 7 | One with his or her head in the clouds |
| 40% | SNOB | 4 | One with his nose in the air |
| 40% | LAD | 3 | A man in his youth |
| 40% | ELF | 3 | Lives with Santa in the North Pole |
| 39% | ABEL | 4 | Mouse with his own island in a Newbery Honor book |
| 39% | TRAPDOOR | 8 | Spider that lives in a hole with a hinged lid |
| 39% | HONEYBEE | 8 | Flying insect that lives in a hive with its queen |
| 39% | ENYA | 4 | Irish singer who lives in a castle with her cats |
| 39% | TED | 3 | The character who tells the story of his life in "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 39% | MONK | 4 | Man who lives in an abbey |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Manning with the second-longest QB starting streak in N.F.L. history |
| 38% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the man with a January holiday in the US |
| 38% | TRAPS | 5 | In Home Alone, Kevin filled his house with these |
| 38% | AIKENDRUM | 9 | Man in the moon with a cream cheese hat |
| 38% | ROUE | 4 | Lord Byron, notably, in his personal life |
| 38% | PERIL | 5 | "Frodo put his life in ____ the moment he accepted the quest to destroy The One Ring" |
| 38% | ELKS | 4 | Fraternal order with antlers in its logo |
| 38% | ADONIS | 6 | Young man Aphrodite fell in love with |
| 38% | OWES | 4 | "He ___ his life to the brave police officer." (is in debt of) |
| 38% | KEN | 3 | He reunited with his fictional ex on Valentine's Day in 2011 |