| 100% | MAYBERRY | 8 | North Carolina setting of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 56% | KNOTTS | 6 | Don of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 55% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" nephew of 36-Across |
| 55% | BEE | 3 | "The Andy Griffith Show" aunt of 40-Down |
| 55% | ANETA | 5 | Actress Corsaut of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 55% | PYLE | 4 | Actor Denver of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 54% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" or "Sons of Anarchy" character |
| 54% | RON | 3 | ___ Howard of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 53% | DONKNOTTS | 9 | *Co-star of "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 53% | PYLE | 4 | Gomer of “The Andy Griffith Show” |
| 52% | AUNTBEE | 7 | "The Andy Griffith Show" character who took care of Opie Taylor (2 wds.) |
| 51% | RFD | 3 | "Mayberry ___" (spin-off of "The Andy Griffith Show") |
| 49% | DUKE | 4 | North Carolina home of the Blue Devils |
| 48% | BOONE | 5 | North Carolina home of the historically Black Junaluska community |
| 47% | EARLE | 5 | He wrote The Andy Griffith Show theme (and did the whistling himself), ___ Hagen |
| 47% | LEXINGTON | 9 | North Carolina barbecue capital of the world |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" role |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" boy |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" tyke |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" kid |
| 46% | MAYBERRY | 8 | "The Andy Griffith Show" town |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" son |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | "The Andy Griffith Show" youngster |
| 46% | OPIE | 4 | “The Andy Griffith Show” boy |
| 45% | RAL | 3 | North Carolina city known as the "City of Oaks": abbr. |
| 45% | AUNT | 4 | Bee, to Opie, on "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 45% | RAMESES | 7 | Ovine mascot of the North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 45% | OTIS | 4 | ___ Campbell on "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 45% | OPIE | 4 | Kid on "The Andy Griffith Show" |
| 45% | AUNT | 4 | Bee, on "The Andy Griffith Show" |