| 100% | PITMAN | 6 | Sir Isaac who developed a shorthand method |
| 40% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac ___, English physicist who gave us the laws of motion and has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, London |
| 39% | CELSIUS | 7 | Swede who developed a temperature scale |
| 39% | PASTEUR | 7 | Louis who developed a rabies vaccine |
| 39% | SALK | 4 | Jonas who developed a polio vaccine |
| 39% | SABIN | 5 | Albert who developed a polio vaccine |
| 38% | BEAUFORT | 8 | Hydrographer Francis who developed a wind scale |
| 37% | SALK | 4 | Scientist Jonas who developed a vaccine for polio |
| 37% | MOHS | 4 | Friedrich who developed a scale of mineral hardness |
| 37% | SALK | 4 | Jonas —, US virologist who developed a vaccine against poliomyelitis |
| 36% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac ___, scientist who invented the color wheel |
| 34% | SCHICK | 6 | Bela —, Hungary-born paediatrician who developed a test to determine susceptibility to diphtheria |
| 34% | OHM | 3 | German physicist Georg Simon ___ who developed quite a resistance? |
| 34% | PRODUCER | 8 | Person who develops, plans and makes a film happen |
| 33% | ARO | 3 | Shorthand for a person who prefers platonic partners |
| 33% | TATE | 4 | Sir Henry for whom a gallery is named |
| 33% | ELTON | 5 | John who's now a Sir |
| 32% | ANAIS | 5 | Singer Mitchell who developed her album Hadestown into a Tony-winning musical |
| 32% | SERGEANT | 8 | To whom a private says "Sir, yes, sir!" |
| 31% | DEMISEXUAL | 10 | Like someone who develops physical attraction after they've formed a close emotional bond |
| 30% | PITMAN | 6 | Isaac __, devised a shorthand note-taking system |
| 30% | PAUL | 4 | Sir ___ McCartney who was a member of the Beatles |
| 29% | PURR | 4 | Sir ___, mascot for the Carolina Panthers who is named after a cat's sound |
| 29% | GREGG | 5 | Shorthand method |
| 29% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac — |
| 29% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac |
| 28% | TLDR | 4 | "For those who want a summary," in internet shorthand |
| 28% | EBENEZER | 8 | Whom Sir Michael portrayed in a Muppet Christmas movie |
| 28% | NEWTON | 6 | Sir Isaac ___ (scientist) |
| 28% | ULCERATE | 8 | Develop a sore |