| 100% | SAGAN | 5 | Scientist who said "Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark" |
| 32% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Who said "The greatest scientists are artists as well" |
| 31% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 31% | EARTH | 5 | What is the only planet in our solar system not named for a deity? |
| 31% | LARRY | 5 | ___ Robinson, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a two-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 31% | BOURQUE | 7 | Ray ___, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a five-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 31% | PAUL | 4 | ___ Coffey, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 31% | NICKLAS | 7 | ___ Lidstrom, one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a seven-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| 30% | FANNING | 7 | Elle ___, "The Great" actress who was nominated for the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
| 30% | LAERTES | 7 | Character in "Hamlet" who is struck by a poison-tipped sword (we did say the play's a tragedy) |
| 30% | DANTE | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost" |
| 29% | ANSELELGORT | 11 | "The Fault in Our Stars" actor who is also a singer and DJ who plays under the name "Ansolo": 2 wds. |
| 29% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who said "I am the greatest" |
| 29% | KANYE | 5 | Rapper who said "I am Shakespeare in the flesh" |
| 28% | BACH | 4 | Who was voted the "Greatest Composer of All Time," in a 2019 BBC poll |
| 28% | GEORGECLOONEY | 13 | American actor from "Up in the Air" who is a former UN messenger of peace and is a part of the "Not on Our Watch" organization: 2 wds. |
| 28% | YODA | 4 | Who says "When you look at the dark side, careful you must be" |
| 28% | JULIEHAGERTY | 12 | Actress who says "There's no reason to become alarmed ... By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?" in "Airplane!" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MARTIAN | 7 | A being who might live on the red planet |
| 28% | WEAKNESS | 8 | Say what your greatest __ is in a job interview |
| 28% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, in a saying |
| 28% | BROCA | 5 | Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 28% | KNEEL | 5 | Be in the front row in a team photo, say |
| 28% | DEFENDANT | 9 | The one against whom a case is filed in court |
| 28% | NELSON | 6 | Judd who was a bad boy in The Breakfast Club |
| 28% | MEIR | 4 | Golda who was a prime minister in the early 1970s |
| 28% | KNELT | 5 | Was in the front row of a team photo, say |
| 28% | EARLYBIRD | 9 | One who gets the worm, in a saying |
| 27% | SALK | 4 | Scientist who was called the "Father of Biophilosophy" in the New York Times in 1966 |
| 27% | APHELION | 8 | Point in its orbit when a planet is at its greatest distance from the sun |