| 100% | WAUGH | 5 | Novelist whose first wife had the same first name, curiously |
| 52% | TORRE | 5 | Manager who preceded Girardi (and has the same first name) |
| 47% | EMMYROSSUM | 10 | "Shameless" actress whose first name is the same as a TV award: 2 wds. |
| 47% | OSCARDELAHOYA | 13 | Mexican-American boxer whose first name is the same as a movie award: 4 wds. |
| 46% | OTTO | 4 | "Beetle Bailey" dog whose name has the same letters as 19-Across |
| 46% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 46% | TOTO | 4 | "The Wizard of Oz" dog whose name has the same letters as 49-Down |
| 45% | AMIS | 4 | Novelist whose last name contains two conjugations of the same verb |
| 44% | ALCAPONE | 8 | Noted criminal whose name starts with the same first four letters as where he was imprisoned |
| 44% | KEKEPALMER | 10 | "Turnt Up With the Taylors" star whose first name has a repeated "ee" sound: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DIDICONN | 8 | "Grease" actress whose first name consists of the same two letters twice |
| 42% | ALDA | 4 | Multi-Emmy-winning actor whose first and last names start with the same two letters |
| 42% | ANAIVANOVIC | 11 | Retired Serbian tennis player whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 41% | AVADUVERNAY | 11 | "When They See Us" director whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AJANAOMIKING | 12 | "How to Get Away With Murder" actress whose first name is spelled the same forward and backward: 3 wds. |
| 40% | ANNAKENDRICK | 12 | "Pitch Perfect 3" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | TRACY | 5 | "30 Rock" character with the same first name as its actor |
| 40% | DAVIDTENNANT | 12 | 2005-2010 "Doctor Who" star whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 40% | PEPPER | 6 | The spicy first name of Tony Stark's wife |
| 39% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president who had the same last name as Teddy |
| 39% | RAMONES | 7 | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| 39% | OPAL | 4 | Birthstone whose first letter is the same as that of its month |
| 39% | ELLIEGOULDING | 13 | "Love Me Like You Do" singer whose first and last names each start and end with the same letter: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DJIBOUTI | 8 | East African country, capital has the same name |
| 39% | ADAM | 4 | Person whose first wife may have been Lilith |
| 39% | HUMBERT | 7 | Literary character with the same first and last name |
| 39% | NAMESAKE | 8 | We have the same name, so he's my ___ |
| 38% | IRIS | 4 | First name of the Flash's wife |
| 38% | ITT | 3 | Defense contractor whose stock symbol is the same as its name |