| 100% | CHER | 4 | Singing icon who once used the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason |
| 33% | SMITHEE | 7 | Alan ___ (pseudonym once used by directors who hated the final cuts of their films) |
| 32% | ANITAMUI | 8 | Cantopop icon who once performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum for twenty-eight consecutive nights |
| 31% | EDWARDGOREY | 11 | Author/illustrator who used the pseudonym Ogdred Weary |
| 27% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Civil rights icon and poet who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings": 2 wds. |
| 26% | STROKE | 6 | We once used the word apoplexy for this condition |
| 25% | SAAB | 4 | Swedish company that once used the slogan "The command performance car" |
| 25% | IPOD | 4 | Device that once used the slogan "1000 songs in your pocket" |
| 25% | RAGU | 4 | Pasta sauce whose commercials once used the catchphrase "That's Italian!" |
| 25% | ODOM | 4 | Lamar who once played for the Lakers |
| 25% | ORR | 3 | Bobby who once played for the Bruins |
| 25% | SEGA | 4 | Game company that once used the slogan "Welcome to the next level" |
| 25% | KHYBERPASS | 10 | Mountainous route once used by Alexander the Great |
| 25% | LEN | 3 | ___ Dawson, NFLer who once hosted "Inside the NFL" |
| 25% | RAITT | 5 | Bonnie who sang "Nick of Time" |
| 25% | BING | 4 | Rudolf who once headed the Met |
| 25% | LEERER | 6 | One who always uses the stares? |
| 24% | OLDGOLD | 7 | Cigarette brand that once used the slogan "Not a cough in a carload" |
| 24% | SHALALA | 7 | Congresswoman who once served in the U.S. cabinet |
| 24% | TOOTHLESS | 9 | Night Fury who once belonged to the Viking Hiccup |
| 24% | ENYA | 4 | Singer who once belonged to the Celtic band Clannad |
| 24% | ESSO | 4 | Pseudonym used by the ExxonMobil oil company |
| 24% | VONTRAPP | 8 | Singing family who escaped across the Alps |
| 24% | RAITT | 5 | Bonnie who sang "Something to Talk About" |
| 24% | KANE | 4 | Whom the BBC once compared Murdoch to |
| 24% | NEE | 3 | "... who once had the last name ..." |
| 24% | YWCA | 4 | Org. that once used the slogan "In Service for the Girls of the World" |
| 24% | DINAH | 5 | Washington who sang the blues |
| 24% | EMILYPOST | 9 | Who once wrote "Nothing is less important than which fork you use" |
| 24% | NOONE | 5 | Who once had all 10 of the top 10 Billboard hits simultaneously |