| 100% | SETI | 4 | Scientific org. whose name's first letter is stylized to look like a question mark |
| 35% | AROMANTIC | 9 | Orientation whose name is often shortened to its first three letters |
| 35% | TARPAULIN | 9 | Covering whose name is often shortened to its first four letters |
| 34% | NOELNEILL | 9 | Lois Lane player of early TV, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 33% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 33% | AKON | 4 | Singer whose name becomes a place in Hawaii if the first letter moves to the end |
| 33% | TEAK | 4 | Plant whose name becomes that of a meat product when an s is added to the beginning |
| 32% | ALBEN | 5 | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| 32% | FAITHHILL | 9 | "Speak to a Girl" singer whose first name is a positive virtue (belief): 2 wds. |
| 31% | MTA | 3 | N.Y.C. agency whose logo is designed to look like a train rushing by |
| 31% | APPLEMARTIN | 11 | Celebrity scion whose name is one letter away from a cocktail's |
| 31% | LINKEDIN | 8 | Popular website whose name is a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 31% | TONYCURTIS | 10 | "Some Like It Hot" star whose first name is the same as a Broadway award: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OLEG | 4 | Man's name that becomes a toy when its first letter is moved to the end |
| 30% | DELTA | 5 | Airline whose name is a Greek letter |
| 30% | PEA | 3 | Morsel whose name sounds like a letter |
| 30% | TEA | 3 | Drink whose name sounds like a letter |
| 30% | QTIP | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest member whose name's first letter stands for his home borough |
| 30% | ECLAIR | 6 | Pastry that becomes a name when the first letter is moved to the end |
| 30% | ELLE | 4 | Women's magazine whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 30% | JAY | 3 | Bird whose name sounds like its first letter |
| 30% | GNU | 3 | Animal whose name sounds like a Greek letter |
| 30% | DELTA | 5 | Airline whose name is also a Greek letter |
| 30% | ELLE | 4 | Fashion magazine whose name sounds like a letter |
| 30% | OMEGA | 5 | Swiss watchmaker whose name is a Greek letter |
| 30% | RODIN | 5 | Sculptor whose name is a letter 37-Across |
| 30% | KEW | 3 | London district whose name sounds like a letter |
| 30% | OMEGA | 5 | Watch brand whose name is a Greek letter |
| 30% | JOANBAEZ | 8 | "Diamonds & Rust" singer whose name's first and last letters sound like "Jay-Z": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DUMMY | 5 | American invention that looks like a mannequin and is central to crash tests |