| 100% | OZZIE | 5 | Nelson in reruns |
| 55% | IDA | 3 | Rhoda's mom, in reruns |
| 54% | DESI | 4 | Big name in rerun history |
| 52% | MOUNTY | 6 | Nelson Eddy in "Rose Marie" |
| 51% | PAGE | 4 | Comics ___ (where 15-Across still appears in reruns) |
| 49% | BARBAROSA | 9 | 1982 Western starring Willie Nelson in the title role |
| 49% | IDRIS | 5 | Player of Nelson in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" |
| 46% | MARYLOU | 7 | Title girl in a Ricky Nelson hit |
| 46% | HOLDS | 5 | Half nelson and cobra clutch, in wrestling |
| 46% | LINUS | 5 | Brother of Lucy and Rerun, in "Peanuts" |
| 45% | MARYLOU | 7 | Title girl in a 1961 Ricky Nelson hit |
| 45% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | Portrayer of Nelson Mandela in "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHRISHEMSWORTH | 14 | "Thor: Ragnarok" actor who plays Captain Mitch Nelson in "12 Strong" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ANDI | 4 | ___ Matichak, actress who portrays Allyson Nelson in the 2022 horror film "Halloween Ends" |
| 43% | GOSLING | 7 | Ryan ___, actor who played a teacher in "Half Nelson" |
| 43% | LAW | 3 | Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela have degrees in it |
| 43% | PEACE | 5 | Nobel ___ Prize, award received by Nelson Mandela in 1993 |
| 42% | IDRISELBA | 9 | Player of Nelson Mandela in "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" |
| 42% | RIGHTEYE | 8 | Lord Nelson's was injured in the Siege of Calvi |
| 41% | ION | 3 | Cable channel that airs "Criminal Minds" and "Leverage" in syndicated reruns |
| 41% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | "Last Vegas" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | He played Nelson Mandela in the 2009 movie "Invictus": 2 wds. |
| 41% | BLUE | 4 | "___ Eyes Crying in the Rain" (Willie Nelson's first #1 song) |
| 39% | TERRENCEHOWARD | 14 | "Iron Man" actor who played Nelson Mandela in "Winnie Mandela": 2 wds. |
| 39% | VICTORY | 7 | HMS —, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 |
| 39% | MANDELA | 7 | South African leader Nelson played by Idris Elba in a 2013 biopic |
| 39% | RAGE | 4 | "Prophets of ___," musical tribute to Nelson Mandela included in the eponymous album |
| 39% | INVICTUS | 8 | 2009 film starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, shot in South Africa |
| 38% | EDDY | 4 | Nelson —, US singer-actor who played Count Palaffi in 1942 musical I Married an Angel |
| 37% | PLUMISLAND | 10 | 1997 Nelson DeMille bestseller with a double murder in a research lab: 2 wds. |