| 100% | MALONE | 6 | Sam who ran the bar on "Cheers" |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Jay who runs the "Garage" on CNBC |
| 47% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Comic who co-starred in "Nuns on the Run" |
| 46% | NORM | 4 | Nickname that people yelled when Mr. Peterson entered the bar on "Cheers" |
| 46% | SMITH | 5 | Singer Sam who won an Oscar for the Bond theme "Writing's on the Wall" |
| 45% | LUISTIANT | 9 | Former 27-Across pitcher who appeared as a guest star on the "Now Pitching, Sam Malone" episode of "Cheers" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DIA | 3 | Frampton who was runner-up on the first season of "The Voice" |
| 45% | MAYS | 4 | Baseball great Willie who is fifth on the career home run list |
| 44% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | Former sitcom star who ran for president in 2012 on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROSIES | 6 | The bar on "M*A*S*H" |
| 43% | AMELIA | 6 | Bloomer who ran The Lily |
| 43% | TVPRODUCER | 10 | One who runs the show |
| 43% | SHAKA | 5 | ___ Smart (coach who led VCU on a Cinderella run to the 2011 Final Four) |
| 43% | MALONE | 6 | Sam who owned Cheers |
| 43% | DAKOTA | 6 | ____ Fanning, "I am Sam" actress who appeared on the crime show "CSI's" season one |
| 43% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | 76-year-old singer who is still in a "Band on the Run": 2 wds. |
| 42% | AXLES | 5 | Bars on the road |
| 42% | PATPAULSEN | 10 | Deadpan comic featured on the Smothers Brothers TV show who famously ran for president six times |
| 42% | FROM | 4 | "Heard it ___ a friend who ... " (opening lyric of REO Speedwagon's "Take It on the Run") |
| 42% | ASHTON | 6 | ___ Locklear, Native American artistic gymnast who was a two-time national champion on the uneven bars |
| 41% | COE | 3 | Runner who ran the 2012 Olympics |
| 41% | COE | 3 | Runner who ran the London Olympics |
| 41% | LOWE | 4 | Rob who played Sam Seaborn on "The West Wing" |
| 40% | COOKE | 5 | Sam who sang "Twistin' the Night Away" |
| 40% | RAIMI | 5 | Sam who directed the "Evil Dead" series |
| 40% | RAIMI | 5 | Sam who directed the "Spider-Man" trilogy |
| 40% | FRET | 4 | Bar on the neck of a guitar |
| 40% | TED | 3 | Sam on Cheers |
| 40% | LOOSE | 5 | On the run |
| 40% | SCOOTING | 8 | On the run |