| 100% | ILTROVATORE | 11 | Opera whose second act is called "The Gypsy" |
| 45% | HERON | 5 | Bird whose largest species is called the Goliath |
| 44% | USNA | 4 | Sch. whose athletic teams are called the Midshipmen |
| 43% | NANCI | 5 | Griffith whose backing band was called the Blue Moon Orchestra |
| 43% | EAR | 3 | Body part whose external portion is called the auricle |
| 42% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Country whose flag is called the Saltire |
| 42% | ISLAM | 5 | Religion whose community is called the "ummah" |
| 42% | SYRACUSE | 8 | School whose teams are called The Orange |
| 42% | FIDELIO | 7 | Opera whose name is the password to the secret party in Eyes Wide Shut |
| 42% | TULANE | 6 | Southern university whose sports teams are called the Green Wave |
| 42% | LSU | 3 | Sch. whose yearbook is called the Gumbo |
| 41% | KIWI | 4 | Bird whose name is the same as its call |
| 41% | THEWHO | 6 | Group whose rock opera was once performed at the Met |
| 41% | USA | 3 | Country whose flag is called the Stars and Stripes: Abbr. |
| 39% | UPAS | 4 | Large tree of southeastern Asia also called the ipoh whose sap is used as an arrow poison |
| 39% | JANEGOODALL | 11 | Writer whose second book about chimpanzees, "In the Shadow of Man," was published in 1971 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MERIMEE | 7 | Writer whose novella "Carmen" is the basis of Bizet's opera |
| 39% | STANFORD | 8 | West Coast university whose teams are called the Cardinal |
| 38% | UPAS | 4 | Large tree of south-eastern Asia also called the ipoh whose sap is used as an arrow poison |
| 38% | ENRICO | 6 | Opera singer Caruso whose “Vesti la giubba” was the first record to sell a million copies |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose "Back in Black" is the second-best-selling album of all time |
| 38% | MIT | 3 | New England university whose teams are called the Engineers: Abbr. |
| 38% | MIT | 3 | Sch. whose sports teams are aptly called the Engineers |
| 38% | GALAXY | 6 | Ours is called the Milky Way |
| 38% | MUSE | 4 | Sappho is called the 10th one |
| 38% | UNDER | 5 | Australia is called the "Land Down __" |
| 37% | CNET | 4 | Tech website whose title is stylized with a vertical line between the first and second letters |
| 37% | BELGIUM | 7 | Its national anthem is called The Brabantian |
| 37% | LANA | 4 | Turner who was called the "Sweater Girl" |
| 37% | LANA | 4 | Turner who was called the Sweater Girl |