| 100% | OSU | 3 | Sch. that has a "the" in its official name |
| 64% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 63% | AOL | 3 | ISP that has a period after its name in its logo |
| 60% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 60% | CMA | 3 | Group that has named Garth Brooks its Entertainer of the Year a record seven times: Abbr. |
| 59% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 58% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 58% | EXPO | 4 | Event that may have a "-con" suffix in its name |
| 58% | MIT | 3 | Sch. that measured the Harvard Bridge in "Smoots," units based on the height of a student named Oliver Smoot |
| 57% | PETA | 4 | Group that has a rabbit in its logo: Abbr. |
| 57% | REM | 3 | Band that took its name from a stage of sleep Michael Stipe found in the dictionary |
| 57% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 57% | APPLE | 5 | Tech company that shares a name with the fruit in its logo |
| 56% | AMOS | 4 | Old Testament book that asks "Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey?" |
| 56% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | Biweekly pop culture magazine that has been in publication since 1967 and shares its name with a legendary rock band: 2 wds. |
| 56% | KILLERS | 7 | The ___, "Mr. Brightside" band that derived its name from a fictitious band seen in New Order's "Crystal" music video |
| 56% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 56% | AMOCO | 5 | Gas brand that had a torch in its logo |
| 56% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 55% | DAKAR | 5 | Senegal's capital, that has a rally named after it |
| 55% | BED | 3 | Article of furniture that has a room named for it |
| 55% | OUI | 3 | Porn rag that had a different name in France, oddly |
| 54% | AMA | 3 | Doctors' group that has a snake in its logo: Abbr. |
| 54% | OASIS | 5 | It has a spring in the middle |
| 54% | MOREL | 5 | It has a cap in the kitchen |
| 54% | RATIO | 5 | It has a colon in the middle |
| 54% | BELLY | 5 | It has a button in the middle |
| 54% | DUKE | 4 | "The ___," 2020 film starring Jim Broadbent that has a royal designation in its title |
| 54% | SWISS | 5 | ___ cheese, classic fondue ingredient that has a pattern of "holes" in it |
| 54% | BRIE | 4 | Region where Meaux is located that has a cheese named after it |