| 100% | CLEM | 4 | Nickname for a man whose name means "merciful" |
| 58% | MAR | 3 | Month whose name means a parade, for short |
| 55% | GUS | 3 | Nickname for someone whose full name is a calendar month |
| 52% | DAPPERDAN | 9 | Fashion designer whose name is a term for a well-dressed man |
| 47% | ENOS | 4 | Bible character whose name means "mortal man" |
| 46% | TSETSES | 7 | Pests whose name means "fly" in a Bantu language |
| 46% | OTTO | 4 | Name for a man going either way? |
| 46% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname for a Southern university whose teams are the Rebels: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LESAGE | 6 | 18th-century French novelist whose name means "the wise man" |
| 44% | CLEM | 4 | Nickname for a ''merciful'' guy |
| 44% | BLOKE | 5 | Informal name for a man |
| 44% | ELISHA | 6 | Given name for a Manning |
| 44% | TOPKNOT | 7 | Another name for a man bun |
| 44% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president |
| 43% | LOKI | 4 | God whose name sounds like a word meaning "understated" |
| 43% | YAK | 3 | Animal whose name can also mean "talk a lot" |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Primate whose name is also a verb meaning "mimic" |
| 43% | SAGE | 4 | Herb whose name doubles as a word meaning "intelligent" |
| 43% | YEN | 3 | Currency whose name comes from a word meaning "round" |
| 43% | ARRID | 5 | Antiperspirant whose name sounds like a word meaning "dry" |
| 43% | RISK | 4 | Board game whose name is a synonym for "peril" |
| 43% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is also a synonym for "mimic" |
| 43% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose name is a byword for obsession |
| 43% | DODGE | 5 | Automaker whose name is a synonym for 6-Across |
| 43% | MAHATMA | 7 | Name for a leader meaning "great-souled" |
| 43% | ELI | 3 | First name for a Manning or Wallach |
| 43% | ABE | 3 | Nickname for a former U.S. president or last name of a former Japanese prime minister |
| 43% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 43% | IKE | 3 | Nickname for the president whose first name was actually Dwight |
| 43% | CREST | 5 | Toothpaste brand whose name is a word for a mountaintop |