| 100% | MUTANTS | 7 | Ones with X-Genes, in comics |
| 54% | STEPHEN | 7 | With 8-Across, comic named one of Time's "100 most influential people" in 2006 |
| 51% | WOMAN | 5 | One with two X's |
| 51% | BEGGAR | 6 | One with hat in hand |
| 51% | DAYDREAMER | 10 | One with head in clouds |
| 50% | STAKEHOLDER | 11 | One with skin in the game |
| 49% | NILE | 4 | One with a big mouth in Africa? |
| 49% | INTERN | 6 | One with a short term in office? |
| 48% | OXEN | 4 | Ones with a lot of pull in agriculture? |
| 48% | SEN | 3 | One with a six-yr. term in Congress |
| 48% | USHER | 5 | One with a leading role in the theater? |
| 48% | COQUETTE | 8 | One with a flirty, feminine aesthetic, in slang |
| 48% | SPOONREST | 9 | One with a supporting role in the kitchen? |
| 48% | PARABOLA | 8 | One with a focus in mathematics |
| 48% | FRAU | 4 | One with a mister in Münster |
| 48% | ANIMATOR | 8 | One with drawing power in Hollywood? |
| 48% | ALASKAN | 7 | One with a home in Nome |
| 48% | DUNCES | 6 | In comics they sit with pointy hats in classrooms |
| 47% | STILTWALKER | 11 | One with a leg up in the circus business? |
| 47% | AVIATOR | 7 | One with his or her head in the clouds |
| 47% | GOODCOP | 7 | One with a sympathetic demeanor, in a negotiation tactic |
| 47% | REF | 3 | One with all the cards in soccer, for short |
| 47% | NEPOBABY | 8 | One with a leg up in a cast, perhaps? |
| 47% | NERD | 4 | One with a pocket protector, in an old stereotype |
| 47% | ASP | 3 | One with a killer role in Antony and Cleopatra? |
| 47% | ARAB | 4 | One with an "al-" in his name, often |
| 47% | MALE | 4 | One with "XY" chromosomes, in a DNA chart |
| 47% | SNOBS | 5 | Ones with their noses in the air |
| 47% | ELF | 3 | One with a Claus in his contract? |
| 47% | BEERCAN | 7 | One with a tab in a bar |