| 100% | PHARAOHANT | 10 | Pest so named because it was originally found in royal tombs |
| 39% | XRAY | 4 | ___ tetra (fish so named because its spine is visible through its translucent skin) |
| 37% | SOAPOPERA | 9 | Genre so named because of its roots in Procter & Gamble-sponsored radio dramas |
| 34% | TROUT | 5 | Kilgore ___ (fictional sci-fi author so named because Kurt Vonnegut “thought it was funny to be named after a fish”) |
| 34% | IBM | 3 | It was originally founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. |
| 33% | SODIUM | 6 | Soft, shiny-white metal found in salt, whose chemical symbol 'Na' is derived from its Latin name 'Natrium' |
| 33% | STAMP | 5 | It is usually found in a corner |
| 32% | OLDVIC | 6 | It was originally established as the Royal Coburg Theatre |
| 32% | NENE | 4 | Bird so named because of its call |
| 32% | ETON | 4 | It was founded in 1440 |
| 32% | NAACP | 5 | It was founded in 1909 |
| 31% | ILET | 4 | It was raining so ___ him in": 2 wds. |
| 30% | LONGISLANDIEDIEDTEA | 19 | Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its content |
| 30% | UNCERTAIN | 9 | City in Harrison County, Texas, that is named so because it was the entry made by residents in the original application for township |
| 30% | SOCKS | 5 | The Clintons' White House cat, so named because of its white feet |
| 30% | SNOW | 4 | Balls of it are found in this puzzle |
| 30% | ISLAM | 5 | Its founder was born in Mecca |
| 30% | MAT | 3 | It is laid outside your doorstep, also found in Yoga classes |
| 29% | OMAN | 4 | Its Royal Navy is based in Seeb |
| 29% | EUCHRE | 6 | Trump is named in it |
| 29% | LEMON | 5 | It may be found often in a shop |
| 29% | KFC | 3 | Its iconic founder's first name was Harland |
| 29% | HIC | 3 | Drink brand so named for being rich in a particular vitamin |
| 29% | SCOPE | 5 | Disability charity founded in 1951 that changed its name in 1994 |
| 29% | OBIT | 4 | It might be found, appropriately, in a newspaper morgue |
| 28% | EUROPE | 6 | Poles are found in it |
| 28% | AFCEAST | 7 | Bills are found in it |
| 28% | ILIAD | 5 | Paris is found in it |
| 28% | ANO | 3 | Mayo is found in it |
| 28% | TAQUERIA | 8 | Moles are found in it |