| 100% | WHATS | 5 | Preceder of his name? |
| 65% | INRE | 4 | Preceder of a case name |
| 64% | NEE | 3 | Preceder of an un-altared name? |
| 63% | ALGORE | 6 | His name's an anagram of "gaoler" |
| 62% | OREO | 4 | Preceder of "Bites" and "Bars" in commercial names |
| 61% | POE | 3 | His name is a letter short of his description |
| 61% | SAINT | 5 | Preceder of Kitts, Lucia and Vincent in country names |
| 60% | BART | 4 | Cartoon boy who can be described by an anagram of his name |
| 59% | ZORRO | 5 | Swordsman associated with a mark shaped like the first letter of his name |
| 59% | WIZKHALIF | 9 | Rapper who shares part of his name with the world's tallest building |
| 58% | GEORGOHM | 8 | Gave his name to a unit of electrical resistance |
| 58% | GEORGOHM | 8 | He gave his name to unit of electrical resistance |
| 58% | SALVADORDALI | 12 | Surrealist painter once disparagingly called "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ISAAC | 5 | Newton who lent his name to three laws of motion |
| 57% | LEOTARD | 7 | Jules who lent his name to an article of attire |
| 57% | CAESAR | 6 | Ruler who lends his name to a type of salad |
| 57% | DICKVANDYKE | 11 | Actor credited in "Mary Poppins" as "Navckid Keyd," an anagram of his name: 3 wds. |
| 56% | NEHRU | 5 | Prime minister who gave his name to an article of clothing |
| 56% | ERNST | 5 | Physicist Mach who lent his name to a measure of speed |
| 56% | PETRI | 5 | German bacteriologist who lent his name to a kind of dish |
| 55% | EBENEZERSCROOGE | 15 | One who saw his name upon the stone of a neglected grave |
| 55% | QTIP | 4 | Rapper who shares his name with a brand of cotton swabs: Hyph. |
| 55% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper West who dropped the first three letters of his first name |
| 55% | CASEY | 5 | Man trying to clarify the spelling of his name in 21-, 25-, 38-, 52- and 57-Across |
| 55% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock singer who referred to himself as "Mr. Mojo Risin'," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ZAYNMALIK | 9 | One Direction singer who changed the spelling of his first name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | DALI | 4 | Artist given the derisive nickname "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his full name |
| 54% | LESPAUL | 7 | Electric-guitar pioneer who lent his name to a classic line of Gibsons |
| 54% | BRAD | 4 | ___ Pitt, "Fight Club" actor who lent his name to a species of wasps |
| 54% | HESSE | 5 | His novel “Steppenwolf” inspired the name of a heavy-metal band |