| 100% | TEO | 3 | Manti ___ of the New Orleans Saints |
| 82% | ELI | 3 | Cornerback Apple of the New Orleans Saints |
| 69% | DREWBREES | 9 | New Orleans Saints quarterback awarded the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2006 (2 wds.) |
| 59% | DREWBREES | 9 | New Orleans Saint who was the Super Bowl XLIV M.V.P. |
| 58% | JAZZFUNERAL | 11 | Traditional New Orleans celebration of the departed |
| 57% | TREME | 5 | One of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans |
| 56% | AAA | 3 | Like the baseball of the New Orleans Baby Cakes |
| 55% | LEVEES | 6 | New Orleans infrastructure rebuilt by the Army Corps of Engineers after Hurricane Katrina |
| 55% | TRADJAZZ | 8 | Revival of 20s New Orleans music in the 50s |
| 54% | DREW | 4 | ___ Brees, former New Orleans Saints quarterback who has been invited to the Pro Bowl 13 times |
| 54% | MARK | 4 | ___ Ingram II, former NFL running back born in December who won a Heisman Trophy and played for the New Orleans Saints |
| 54% | CARR | 4 | Derek ___, quarterback of New Orleans Saints |
| 53% | GAYBARS | 7 | New Orleans' Cafe Lafitte in Exile is one of the oldest of these still operating |
| 53% | TULANE | 6 | New Orleans university that's the alma mater of Pulitzer-winning novelist John Kennedy Toole |
| 52% | BARTHOLOMEW | 11 | One of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus in the New Testament; patron saint of tanners |
| 52% | WHODAT | 6 | New Orleans Saints chant |
| 51% | BREES | 5 | New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew ___ |
| 51% | IAN | 3 | New Orleans Saints quarterback Book |
| 51% | CARR | 4 | New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek |
| 51% | CCHPOUNDER | 10 | "NCIS: New Orleans" actress who plays Mo'at in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BIBLICAL | 8 | Of the New Testament, eg |
| 50% | EPISTLE | 7 | Any of the apostolic letters of Saints Paul, Peter, John, Jude or James in the New Testament |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | Follower of the news? |
| 50% | SPINDOCTOR | 10 | Interpreter of the news |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | Follower of the news |
| 50% | KATIE | 5 | Couric of the news |
| 50% | SAINTS | 6 | New Orleans ___, NFL team where a rookie defensive lineman buys the pregame lunch for the rest of the position group |
| 49% | DAT | 3 | "Who __?": New Orleans Saints chant |
| 49% | ROMANS | 6 | Epistle of the New Testament |
| 49% | EPISTLES | 8 | Much of the New Testament |