| 100% | HARPO | 5 | Slim —, blues harmonica player born James Isaac Moore in 1924 |
| 92% | SLIMHARPO | 9 | Blues harmonica player born James Isaac Moore in 1924 |
| 27% | RODCAREW | 8 | Baseball player born in Panama |
| 26% | ADLER | 5 | Larry —, US harmonica player who died in 2001 |
| 26% | NHL | 3 | Blues players are in it: Abbr. |
| 26% | OTTERS | 6 | Bears’ slimmer counterparts, in gay lingo |
| 25% | ETTA | 4 | James in the Blues Hall of Fame |
| 25% | NAT | 3 | Player in a red, white and blue uniform |
| 24% | ORR | 3 | Player who scored "the Goal" against the Blues in 1970 |
| 24% | AKRON | 5 | City in Ohio where LeBron James was born |
| 24% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock & Roll Halls of Fame |
| 23% | ETTA | 4 | Singer James in Memphis's Blues Hall of Fame |
| 23% | NAT | 3 | MLB player in a red, white and blue uniform |
| 23% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Blues and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame |
| 23% | ETTA | 4 | James in both the Rock and Roll and Blues halls of fame |
| 23% | MAYA | 4 | Basketball player Moore who was the WNBA MVP in 2014 |
| 23% | OTTER | 5 | Slimmer version of a bear, in gay slang |
| 23% | LEAD | 4 | & 22A US blues singer born Huddie Ledbetter who died in 1949 |
| 22% | NBA | 3 | League that named James Harden the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2018: Abbr. |
| 21% | HARDEN | 6 | James ___, Los Angeles Clippers player who is among those with the most triple-doubles in NBA history |
| 21% | LEBRON | 6 | ___ James, NBA player who gave his voice to the fictional character Gwangi in the film "Smallfoot" |
| 21% | AGEE | 4 | Film critic James, or an adopted polar bear that appeared in the 1996 film "Alaska" |
| 20% | DEMI | 4 | Moore in entertainment news |
| 20% | SOSA | 4 | Dominican-born player in the 600 club |
| 20% | RHAPSODY | 8 | Gershwin's was In Blue in 1924 |
| 20% | VANDERBEEK | 10 | Actor James who starred in the 1999 film "Varsity Blues": 3 wds. |
| 20% | CHRISPINE | 9 | *James T. Kirk player, in recent "Star Trek" films |
| 19% | LINE | 4 | Blue ___, marked point in ice hockey beyond which players cannot enter without the puck |
| 19% | RAYON | 5 | Fabric named in 1924 |