| 100% | OLEARY | 6 | Mrs. whose cow supposedly began the Great Chicago Fire |
| 57% | OLEARY | 6 | Mrs. whose cow started the Chicago Fire |
| 48% | OLEARY | 6 | Catherine whose cow is said to have started the Great Chicago Fire |
| 43% | MRSOLEARY | 9 | Scapegoat for the Great Chicago Fire |
| 43% | OLEARY | 6 | Name tied to the Great Chicago Fire |
| 43% | OLEARY | 6 | Name associated with the Great Chicago Fire |
| 43% | OLEARY | 6 | Great Chicago Fire scapegoat Mrs. ___ |
| 32% | OLEARY | 6 | Chicago Fire Mrs. |
| 31% | SAMUEL | 6 | Pepys whose diary chronicled the Great Fire of London |
| 29% | INOLD | 5 | "___ Chicago," a famed 1938 film about the Great Chicago Fire: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LXIV | 4 | Year of the Great Fire of Rome |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Boss at the Great Fire of Rome |
| 29% | NERO | 4 | Ruler during the Great Fire of Rome |
| 28% | PUDDING | 7 | __ Lane, where The Great Fire of London started |
| 28% | NERO | 4 | Emperor accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome |
| 28% | NERO | 4 | He was emperor during the Great Fire of Rome |
| 28% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky |
| 27% | SANSSOUCI | 9 | Frederick the Great's palace, whose name means "carefree" in French |
| 26% | NERO | 4 | Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in the year AD 64 |
| 26% | ELLE | 4 | Supermodel Macpherson whose career began in the 1980s |
| 26% | BLACK | 5 | Berry whose name begins with the color of night? |
| 25% | WREN | 4 | Architect Christopher who redesigned St Paul's Cathedral after the Great Fire of London |
| 25% | KAN | 3 | Great Plains state whose state song is "Home on the Range" (Abbr.) |
| 25% | HAL | 3 | Basketball great Greer whose number 15 was retired by the 76ers |
| 25% | NEWT | 4 | Small amphibian whose species include the Palmate, Great Crested and Smooth |
| 25% | ALEXENGLISH | 11 | Basketball great whose #2 jersey was retired by the Denver Nuggets |
| 25% | ERIC | 4 | NHL great Lindros whose number 88 was retired by the Flyers |
| 25% | PULP | 4 | "___ Fiction," film whose title begins and ends with the letter "P" |
| 24% | SUN | 3 | Great ball of fire in the sky, also central to this grid's theme |