| 100% | IBSEN | 5 | Playwright awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1893 |
| 38% | SASH | 4 | A Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order would wear one of these on official occasions |
| 37% | OZAWA | 5 | Conductor awarded the Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito in 2008 |
| 35% | EGOT | 4 | The "grand slam" of showbiz awards, in brief |
| 35% | TAO | 3 | The order of the universe in East Asian Philosophies |
| 35% | OSA | 3 | Acronym for the Order of St. Augustine |
| 34% | RENI | 4 | Painter of the "Crucifixion of St. Peter" in the Vatican |
| 34% | YODA | 4 | Grand Master of the Jedi Order |
| 33% | TOE | 3 | Oft-kissed part of the statue of St. Peter in Vatican City |
| 33% | UBOAT | 5 | Menace in "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania" |
| 33% | NEVILLE | 7 | & 12A Founder of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields chamber orchestra in 1958 |
| 33% | JEDI | 4 | Order of heroic warriors in the "Star Wars" films |
| 33% | SMALLPOTATOES | 13 | Insignificant in the grand scheme of things |
| 33% | CCI | 3 | Year in the papacy of St. Zephyrinus |
| 33% | PEI | 3 | Spot in the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| 32% | WITE | 4 | Saint whose relics were accidentally discovered in 1900 at the Church of the Holy Cross and St. Candida in Dorset, UK |
| 32% | STAVROPOL | 9 | The "City of the Cross" in Southwest Russia |
| 32% | MLI | 3 | A year in the life of St. Anselm |
| 32% | MLI | 3 | Year in the papacy of St. Leo IX |
| 32% | CLI | 3 | Year in the papacy of St. Pius I |
| 32% | ARCH | 4 | Prominent shape in the skyline of St. Louis |
| 32% | ALONE | 5 | Like Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis |
| 32% | BRIT | 4 | Awards where Queen won the Single of the Year in 1977 |
| 32% | ONEILL | 6 | Eugene —, playwright awarded the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 32% | CBES | 4 | Honorees in the Order of the British Empire (abbr.) |
| 32% | TAO | 3 | The natural order of the universe, in Chinese philosophy |
| 32% | ISAACSTERN | 10 | Violinist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 |
| 32% | SALK | 4 | Virologist awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 |
| 32% | ODETTA | 6 | Singer awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1999 |