| 100% | HOLTZMANN | 9 | Nuclear engineer Jillian __ in Ghostbusters |
| 41% | EGON | 4 | Harold Ramis character in Ghostbusters |
| 38% | EGON | 4 | Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters |
| 36% | ECTO | 4 | ___-1 (vehicle with a nuclear reactor in 2016's "Ghostbusters") |
| 36% | WENHOLEE | 8 | Engineer in 2000 headlines |
| 35% | RPI | 3 | Engineering sch. in Troy |
| 35% | OLIN | 4 | Engineering college in Massachusetts |
| 35% | GMO | 3 | Engineered food, in brief |
| 35% | REPOSE | 6 | Engineers sit in inactivity |
| 35% | AYKROYD | 7 | Dan, who was Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters |
| 35% | ESP | 3 | Nominal subj. of a test in Ghostbusters |
| 35% | MORANIS | 7 | Second City Television alum also in Ghostbusters |
| 35% | ATEST | 5 | Nuclear event, in headlines |
| 35% | ATEST | 5 | Nuclear trial, in brief |
| 34% | ASWANDAM | 8 | Engineering project begun in 1898 |
| 34% | OLIN | 4 | Engineering college in Needham, Mass. |
| 34% | MIT | 3 | Engineering school in Cambridge, Mass. |
| 34% | SILO | 4 | Nuclear missiles are held in these |
| 34% | ABOMB | 5 | Nuclear weapon, in old headlines |
| 34% | RPI | 3 | Engineering sch. in Troy, N.Y. |
| 34% | ROBOTSUMO | 9 | Engineers' competition set in a ring |
| 34% | RPI | 3 | Engineering school in Troy, N.Y. |
| 33% | TRON | 4 | Suffix in nuclear physics |
| 33% | FERMIS | 6 | Units in nuclear physics |
| 33% | SPLITSTHEATOM | 13 | Engages in nuclear fission |
| 33% | COLDFISSION | 11 | Event in nuclear physics |
| 33% | AUDI | 4 | "Truth in Engineering" automaker |
| 33% | AUDI | 4 | "Truth in engineering" sloganeer |
| 33% | AUDI | 4 | "Truth in Engineering" advertiser |
| 33% | RHO | 3 | Density symbol, in engineering |