| 100% | MORTSAHL | 8 | Satirist whom Steve Allen once called "the only real political philosopher we have in modern comedy" |
| 28% | MARX | 4 | Philosopher who wrote, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” |
| 27% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 25% | CARELL | 6 | Steve —, US actor-comedian who played the title role in 2007 film Evan Almighty |
| 25% | EDONEILL | 8 | Actor who plays Jay Pritchett in US television comedy series Modern Family |
| 24% | DOROTHY | 7 | Character who sings with the Scarecrow in "If I Only Had a Brain" |
| 24% | NICKIMINAJ | 10 | "Anaconda" singer who has lived in both Trinidad and the US: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BILL | 4 | ___ Clinton, US President who has won two Grammys in the Spoken Word category |
| 24% | SEANKINGSTON | 12 | "Beautiful Girls" singer who has lived in both Jamaica and the US: 2 wds. |
| 24% | ROBIN | 5 | ___ Buckley, Steve Harrington's close friend who was once stranded in the Upside Down dimension |
| 24% | WYCLEFJEAN | 10 | "Gone Till November" rapper who has lived in both Haiti and the US: 2 wds. |
| 23% | CRICKET | 7 | I have thin wings and long legs. I chirp only in the night. Who am I? |
| 23% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | Actor who served under the real-life US colonel he portrays in "12 Strong": 2 wds. |
| 23% | SCHNEIDER | 9 | Rob —, US actor who played the title role in 1999 film comedy Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| 23% | LSD | 3 | Steve Jobs called it "one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life" |
| 23% | DITTO | 5 | The White House's Jessica, who in 2018 was found to have violated the Hatch Act with political tweets |
| 23% | DEMETRIMARTIN | 13 | "Important Things" host who had a 2015 Netflix comedy special called "Live (At the Time)": 2 wds. |
| 23% | COKE | 4 | Soda that once called itself "the real thing" in ads |
| 23% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 23% | BOWERYBOYS | 10 | The —, US comedy team, successor to the East Side Kids, who debuted in 1946’s Live Wires |
| 23% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 22% | ONEIL | 5 | Kitty once called "the fastest woman in the world" |
| 22% | FASTRELIEF | 10 | The only thing we have to fear is ... feeling better quickly? |
| 22% | OAHU | 4 | Site of the only royal palace in the US |
| 21% | COOGAN | 6 | Steve __; comedy actor in The Parole Officer |
| 21% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens |
| 21% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the forepart visible, in heraldry |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | "... who once had the last name ..." |
| 21% | TINATURNER | 10 | "Private Dancer" singer who has a solo in "We Are the World": 2 wds. |