| 100% | CARL | 4 | Reiner who interviewed a 2,000-year-old man |
| 51% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | "No Country for Old Men" author who won a "genius grant" in 1981: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOSHBROLIN | 10 | Actor from "No Country for Old Men," who plays the role of Cable, a mutant soldier, in "The Untitled Deadpool Sequel": 2 wds. |
| 45% | MACDONALD | 9 | Old man who had a farm in a nursery rhyme |
| 44% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | US president who killed a man in a duel more than 20 years before taking office: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BEOWULF | 7 | An Old English tale about a man who fought Grendel |
| 41% | ROB | 3 | ___ Reiner who directed "A Few Good Men" |
| 41% | SILVERFOX | 9 | Attractive older man who’s gone gray (and a new Merriam-Webster entry of 2021) |
| 40% | RIP | 3 | "___ Van Winkle" (1819 story about a man who sleeps for 20 years) |
| 40% | CHARLIEROSE | 11 | PBS interview show host who's also a CBS journalist: 2 wds. |
| 39% | VENUSWILLIAMS | 13 | Elder sister of American tennis great Serena, who is 2 years her junior: 2 wds. |
| 39% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | 76-year-old singer who is still in a "Band on the Run": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELI | 3 | Quarterback Manning who was Super Bowl MVP a year after his brother Peyton |
| 39% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | Actor who replaced Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALISONBRIE | 10 | "Mad Men" actress who formerly performed as a clown named Sunny: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SLEEPER | 7 | 1973 Woody Allen movie about a man who was cryogenically frozen for 200 years |
| 38% | MICHAELSTIPE | 12 | R.E.M. front man who was raised in a military family: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNNYDEPP | 10 | Actor who voiced Rango, a heroic green chameleon in the Old West: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BRUCEALMIGHTY | 13 | 2003 Jim Carrey movie where he plays a man who gains godlike powers: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HAILEYBALDWIN | 13 | Model from a Hollywood acting family who cohosts 17-Across with Method Man: 2 wds. |
| 38% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in one year: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SARAHPAULSON | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who starred in "American Horror Story: Freak Show": 2 wds. |
| 37% | JAMESFRANCO | 11 | "The Interview" star who was the subject of a Comedy Central Roast in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 37% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who was People's Most Beautiful Person in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 37% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author who took 24 years to publish a sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who took 34 years to publish a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ASHTONKUTCHER | 13 | "Two and a Half Men" actor who played Michael Kelso on "That '70s Show": 2 wds. |
| 37% | POPPA | 5 | Old man, to a kid |
| 37% | FATHERTIME | 10 | Old man with a scythe |
| 37% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |