| 100% | RIVENDELL | 9 | Middle-earth valley where the quest to destroy the One Ring began |
| 44% | PERIL | 5 | "Frodo put his life in ____ the moment he accepted the quest to destroy The One Ring" |
| 38% | DOOM | 4 | Mount ___, volcano in Mordor where the One Ring was forged and destroyed |
| 38% | DEEP | 4 | Helm's ___, Middle-earth valley where the Battle of the Hornburg was fought |
| 36% | RING | 4 | The One ___, powerful object that the powers of Middle Earth fight over in the "Lord of the Rings" franchise |
| 35% | GLADDEN | 7 | Fields where Sméagol found the One Ring |
| 35% | MTDOOM | 6 | Where Frodo threw the One Ring in LOTR |
| 34% | FRODO | 5 | He carried the One Ring to Mount Doom |
| 34% | SALESCLERK | 10 | The one to ring you up |
| 34% | MTDOOM | 6 | Where the Ring is destroyed in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 33% | MOUNTDOOM | 9 | Destination for Frodo in his quest to destroy ring |
| 33% | TREELINE | 8 | Where the top begins to get bare |
| 33% | NYSE | 4 | Where one needs GPS to find The Gap? |
| 32% | TOAST | 5 | One might begin, “Here’s to the happy couple” |
| 31% | ATLANTA | 7 | Where Sherman's March to the Sea began |
| 30% | SQUARE | 6 | Back to the beginning, known as __ one |
| 30% | LORD | 4 | "___ of the Rings," fantasy movie franchise where Frodo Baggins becomes invisible by wearing The One Ring |
| 30% | FINISHINGSCHOOL | 15 | Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| 30% | RULE | 4 | "One ring to ___ them all...," inscription on the One Ring from "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 30% | SHIRE | 5 | Where Gandalf visits Bilbo at the beginning of "The Lord of the Rings," with "the" |
| 30% | ASEXUAL | 7 | One who might wear a black ring on the middle finger |
| 29% | NEEDLE | 6 | Put thread through the eye of one to begin sewing |
| 29% | DOOM | 4 | Mount ___ (where Frodo destroyed the Ring) |
| 29% | INAPIE | 6 | Where "the birds began to sing" |
| 29% | SHOWERSCENE | 11 | Classic "Psycho" segment where one might see the starts of the answers to starred clues |
| 29% | ELF | 3 | Middle-earth dweller in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 29% | SHIRE | 5 | Middle-earth region that is home to the hobbits |
| 28% | BIRMINGHAM | 10 | City where the Children's Crusade began on May 2, 1963, to protest Jim Crow laws |
| 28% | LINE | 4 | ___ stander, unusual profession where one stays in long queues for people who prefer to skip the wait |
| 28% | CHOOSE | 6 | To select the one you want |