| 100% | PAUL | 4 | Name of six popes, including one in the 20th century |
| 51% | TSAR | 4 | Russia had one in the 20th century |
| 48% | JOHNPAUL | 8 | Name of two successive popes of the 20th century |
| 44% | IRON | 4 | Metal in the name of one of the Avengers |
| 43% | STEINWAY | 8 | One of the foremost names in piano-making |
| 43% | PAUL | 4 | Name of six popes |
| 43% | ADRIAN | 6 | Name of six popes |
| 43% | HUPMOBILE | 9 | One of the five related names in this puzzle |
| 43% | VERAWANG | 8 | One of the best-known names in bridal wear |
| 42% | REESE | 5 | Name of the six sons who inherited the peanut butter candy company in 1956 |
| 42% | LBJ | 3 | Only politician in the 20th century, other than RMN, to have been president, VP and member of the House and Senate |
| 42% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 41% | PAOLO | 5 | Italian name of six popes |
| 41% | ONASSIS | 7 | Aristotle in the 20th century |
| 41% | HEP | 3 | "Cool," in the 20th century |
| 41% | SHOES | 5 | One of the six words in Hemingway’s apocryphal six-word story |
| 41% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Sports Illustrated named him "Sportsman of the Century" in 1999 |
| 41% | FRENCHOPEN | 10 | English name of Roland-Garros, one of the four major championships in tennis (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ARI | 3 | The name of the one who’s gonna last, in “Thank U, Next” |
| 41% | HAL | 3 | Name that's one of the halves of a word in this clue |
| 41% | PARR | 4 | Catherine who is one of the six in Broadway's "Six" |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated in 1999 |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated in 1999 |
| 41% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Boxer named Sportsman of the Century by "Sports Illustrated" in 1999 |
| 41% | DIANAROSS | 9 | Singer named "Female Entertainer of the Century" by Billboard in 1976 |
| 40% | MARTHAGRAHAM | 12 | US choreographer named Dancer of the Century by Time magazine in 1998 |
| 40% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | Right to vote; sought by women in the 20th century |
| 40% | SSR | 3 | Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |
| 40% | SIAM | 4 | Thailand's name in the early 20th century |