| 100% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles's fiancée in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 93% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles's bride in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 85% | LADYDI | 6 | Nickname for Prince Charles' fiancée in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 76% | LADYDI | 6 | 1981 nickname for Prince Charles' then-fiancée: 2 wds. |
| 53% | BIGBEN | 6 | Nickname for the bell in London's Elizabeth Tower: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 48% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for Erving in the old N.B.A.: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DIANASPENCER | 12 | Former kindergarten assistant who married Prince Charles to become the Princess of Wales in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LADYDIANA | 9 | Prince Charles married her in 1981 |
| 42% | DOWNUNDER | 9 | Nickname for Australia: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IRONLADY | 8 | Nickname for Margaret Thatcher: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEGREATEST | 11 | Nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THEBOSS | 7 | Nickname for Bruce Springsteen: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BROTHERLYLOVE | 13 | "The City of ___," nickname for Philadelphia which was also called "The City that Loves You Back" in an ad campaign: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OLDGLORY | 8 | Nickname for the American flag: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MRFIXIT | 7 | Nickname for a handyman: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 40% | LOUISVILLELIP | 13 | Nickname for 18-Across, with "The": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for basketball player Julius Erving: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DRJ | 3 | Nickname for NBA legend Julius Erving: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MRCUB | 5 | Nickname for Chicago's Ernie Banks (2 wds.) |
| 40% | BIGD | 4 | "Sizable" nickname for Dallas: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KINGJAMES | 9 | Regal nickname for LeBron: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BLACKMAMBA | 10 | "Snaky" nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | THEMISSILE | 10 | "Ballistic" nickname for 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | HONESTABE | 9 | "Trustworthy" nickname for President Lincoln: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KINGJAMES | 9 | Regal nickname for 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BLACKMAMBA | 10 | Snaky nickname for 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JLO | 3 | Nickname for the female singer who became an "American Idol" judge in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ROLLIEFINGERS | 13 | Brewers relief pitcher who won the Cy Young in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FIGHTINGIRISH | 13 | Nickname for Notre Dame's athletic teams (2 wds.) |