| 100% | LORDSNOOTY | 10 | More familiar name of Marmaduke, Earl of Bunkerton in a comic strip in The Beano |
| 44% | PORTLAND | 8 | Name of the most populous city in a pair of states |
| 40% | LANES | 5 | Word in the name of many a bowling alley |
| 40% | AGRA | 4 | City where many copies of Dainik Jagran are circulated (and a city hidden in the newspaper's name) |
| 40% | INSIDESTUFF | 11 | Familiar name of a long-running NBA series honored by the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WREN | 4 | The youngest child (with a bird name) in the comic strip "Baby Blues" |
| 39% | NOAH | 4 | The most popular male baby name of 2014, or a man in the Book of Genesis |
| 39% | MILOU | 5 | Original name of dog Snowy in comic strip The Adventures of Tintin |
| 38% | MOOCH | 5 | Tuxedo cat who’s a friend of 1-Across in the “Mutts” comic strip |
| 37% | CLAM | 4 | Unit of currency in the comic strip "B.C." |
| 36% | ARNIE | 5 | Name of the titular anthropomorphic doughnut in a series of kid-lit books |
| 35% | OOLONG | 6 | The name of a kind of tea that means "black dragon" in Chinese |
| 35% | POW | 3 | Sound of a punch, in the comics |
| 35% | ASSISTANTEDITOR | 15 | Name in the middle of a masthead |
| 35% | DEDICATEE | 9 | Name in the front of a book |
| 35% | TUE | 3 | The first of two T's, in a familiar sequence |
| 35% | MSPACMAN | 8 | Female protagonist in a video game of the same name |
| 35% | ARGO | 4 | Fictional movie in a real movie of the same name |
| 35% | GREGORY | 7 | After John, the second most common name of a pope |
| 35% | DANCE | 5 | Part of many a touchdown celebration in the end zone |
| 35% | ARUM | 4 | Species of the plant alternately known as snakeshead, cuckoo pint, lords-and-ladies, jack in the pulpit and more than a dozen other names |
| 35% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 35% | MERYL | 5 | First name of the most nominated performer in Academy Awards history |
| 34% | GARFIELD | 8 | Name of comic strip about a lazy orange cat |
| 34% | IGOR | 4 | Name of the lab assistant in many horror movies |
| 34% | GUESSING | 8 | Much of the activity in a game of charades |
| 34% | HIDERS | 6 | Most of the kids in a certain kids' game |
| 34% | ACE | 3 | Most valuable card in a deck, the ___ of spades |
| 34% | THIMBLETHEATRE | 14 | Original name of the comic strip “Popeye” |
| 34% | ZOIC | 4 | Suffix in the names of many eras |