| 100% | NUREYEV | 7 | Rudolf —, Russian-born ballet dancer who died in 1993 |
| 86% | NUREYEV | 7 | Rudolf —, Russia-born ballet dancer who died in 1993 |
| 50% | DEVALOIS | 8 | Ninette —, Ireland-born ballet dancer and choreographer who died in 2002 |
| 49% | BALANCHINE | 10 | George —, Russian-born classical ballet choreographer who died in New York in 1983 |
| 47% | TAMBO | 5 | Oliver —, former president of the ANC who died in 1993 |
| 46% | LAMBORGHINI | 11 | Ferruccio —, Italian tractor and sports car manufacturer who died in 1993 |
| 45% | NUREYEV | 7 | Russian ballet great Rudolf who danced with a pig in a segment called "Swine Lake" on "The Muppet Show" |
| 44% | STALIN | 6 | Russian leader who died in 1953 |
| 43% | SLEEP | 5 | Wayne —, Plymouth-born dancer who joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966 |
| 43% | WAYNE | 5 | & 16A Plymouth-born dancer who joined the Royal Ballet Company in 1966 |
| 40% | HELPMANN | 8 | Robert —, Australian ballet dancer who played the Child Catcher in 1968 family film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| 38% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | 1993 Nobel Laureate in Literature who was born February 18, 1931 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | SEYMOUR | 7 | Lynn —, Canadian dancer who created the lead role in 1967 Kenneth MacMillan one-act ballet Anastasia |
| 37% | THACKRAY | 8 | Jake —, Leeds-born singer-songwriter who died in 2002 |
| 37% | JEKYLL | 6 | Gertrude —, London-born garden designer who died in 1932 |
| 37% | GOULD | 5 | Glenn —, Toronto-born classical pianist who died in 1982 |
| 37% | GLENN | 5 | & 12D Toronto-born classical pianist who died in 1982 |
| 37% | NEWTON | 6 | Helmut —, Berlin-born fashion photographer who died in 2004 |
| 37% | MASSINE | 7 | Leonide ---, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer who played Grischa Ljubov in 1948 film drama The Red Shoes |
| 37% | HEATH | 5 | Ted —, London-born bandleader who died in 1969 |
| 37% | CORYPHEE | 8 | Ballet dancer who ranks below a soloist |
| 36% | SCALIA | 6 | Justice who died in 2016 |
| 36% | LEOII | 5 | Pope who died in 683 |
| 36% | FIDEL | 5 | Castro who died in 2016 |
| 36% | NERO | 4 | Emperor who died in 68 |
| 36% | LEAD | 4 | & 22A US blues singer born Huddie Ledbetter who died in 1949 |
| 36% | STEN | 4 | Russian born actress Anna ___, brought to the US by Sam Goldwyn and who starred with Gary Cooper in "The Wedding Night" |
| 36% | BUGATTI | 7 | Ettore —, Italy-born car manufacturer who died in France in 1947 |