| 100% | ALFS | 4 | NBC sitcom showings of the late 1980's |
| 50% | BAR | 3 | Setting of the NBC sitcom "Abby's" |
| 44% | SEINFELD | 8 | NBC sitcom starring comedian Jerry as the titular character, whose gang of friends are regulars at Monk's Cafe |
| 42% | ALF | 3 | NBC sitcom starring the extraterrestrial Gordon Shumway that aired in the late 80s |
| 42% | TALKIE | 6 | Innovation of the late 20's |
| 41% | ALDA | 4 | Director of the last "M*A*S*H" episode |
| 41% | JUNEAU | 6 | Gold rush town of the late 1800's |
| 41% | FREESILVER | 10 | Political cause of the late 1800's |
| 40% | ALF | 3 | 1980's NBC sitcom |
| 40% | MENUDO | 6 | Supergroup of the 1980's |
| 40% | YESES | 5 | Three of the last seven words in Joyce's "Ulysses" |
| 39% | ENDGAME | 7 | Apt title of the last episode of The Queen's Gambit |
| 39% | OLDS | 4 | Futuramic of the late 40's and early 50's |
| 39% | UNCAS | 5 | The last of the Mohicans, in Cooper's novel |
| 39% | STARDUST | 8 | The last name of David Bowie's alter ego |
| 39% | ALASKA | 6 | Prospector's locale of the late 1800s |
| 39% | MRT | 3 | Mohawked TV star of the 1980's |
| 39% | END | 3 | ___ of the line (train's last stop) |
| 39% | SUPPER | 6 | The Last __, da Vinci mural of Christ's final meal |
| 39% | TENTH | 5 | Numerically, the last of the Bible's commandments |
| 38% | DEC | 3 | Last of the year's mos. |
| 38% | NEWSY | 5 | Full of the latest |
| 38% | ALF | 3 | 1980's sitcom alien who lived with the Tanners |
| 38% | ABSCAM | 6 | F.B.I. sting of the late 70's |
| 38% | KABUL | 5 | War-torn capital of the 1980's-90's |
| 38% | MARADONA | 8 | Argentine soccer star of the 1980's-90's |
| 38% | AGITATO | 7 | Like the last movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" |
| 38% | ZOOTSUIT | 8 | Outfit of the late 1930s |
| 38% | ASIANFLU | 8 | Outbreak of the late 1950s |
| 38% | RIO | 3 | Site of the last Olympics |