| 100% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Name of the last Space Shuttle to complete a mission |
| 46% | COLUMBIA | 8 | Name of the first space shuttle, launched 1981 |
| 43% | GOODDAYSUNSHINE | 15 | Beatles song used as wake-up music on the last Space Shuttle mission |
| 42% | HARPER | 6 | First name of the author of To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 41% | MARIE | 5 | First name of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize |
| 41% | SIMPSON | 7 | The last name of a yellow animated family from TV |
| 40% | GUESTLIST | 9 | The names of everyone invited to a party |
| 40% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 39% | SETPOINT | 8 | In tennis, the last one to win a group of games |
| 39% | ATLANTIS | 8 | Last space shuttle to fly |
| 39% | ALOU | 4 | Last name of the only MLB brother trio to play together in the outfield |
| 39% | ELECTRA | 7 | Sophocles play that's also the last name of a famous actress |
| 39% | NEHEMIAH | 8 | Book of the Bible named after a cupbearer to Persian king Artaxerxes |
| 39% | SCUTES | 6 | Name given to the scales of a tortoise's shell |
| 39% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, to a Torontonian |
| 38% | LULU | 4 | Name of the guide dog of Trevor Thomas, the first completely blind person to complete the Appalachian Trail solo (2008) |
| 38% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 38% | TONI | 4 | First name of the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 38% | ALI | 3 | Last name of two inductees to the International Boxing Hall of Fame |
| 38% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last leg of a race ... or a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | APOLLO | 6 | Space missions named after the Greek god of music |
| 37% | KELLYMARIETRAN | 14 | "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" actress whose first name is a shade of green: 3 wds. |
| 37% | JIMI | 4 | First name of the last performer at Woodstock |
| 37% | JACKSPARROW | 11 | Rakish captain in "Pirates of the Caribbean" whose last name is a kind of bird: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AVICII | 6 | Stage name of the late DJ Tim Bergling |
| 37% | EARL | 4 | ___ Simmons, real name of the late rapper DMX |
| 37% | ENDGAME | 7 | Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have |
| 36% | ALT | 3 | Key to both the left and right of a PC's space bar |
| 36% | CURIE | 5 | Last name of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and who is credited with the theory of radioactivity |
| 36% | LAIKA | 5 | Name of the first dog in space |