| 100% | DONOR | 5 | Supporter whose name is listed in a fundraising report |
| 48% | TOM | 3 | Boy whose name is repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 47% | ENO | 3 | Musician whose name is a number in reverse |
| 47% | IMEMINE | 7 | Beatles song whose name is a list of pronouns |
| 47% | BTEN | 4 | Bygone bomber whose name is a call in bingo |
| 47% | AMOR | 4 | Deity whose name is a city in Italia backwards |
| 47% | SUEDE | 5 | Material whose name is a Scandinavian country in French |
| 46% | OSRIC | 5 | Actor Chau whose name is also a character in "Hamlet" |
| 46% | ABSALOM | 7 | Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title |
| 46% | STAR | 4 | Actor whose name is in big letters on a movie poster |
| 46% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 46% | KOI | 3 | Ornamental fish whose name is a homophone for “love” in Japanese |
| 45% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 45% | SPAM | 4 | Food product whose name is used nowadays mostly in a nonfood way |
| 44% | UNO | 3 | Card game whose name is said when only one card remains in a hand |
| 44% | XEROX | 5 | Company whose name is now in dictionaries as a verb meaning "photocopy" |
| 44% | ELAL | 4 | Company whose name is derived from a passage in Hosea |
| 43% | TALKINGHEADS | 12 | Band whose name was taken from a term in TV Guide |
| 43% | EVIAN | 5 | Water brand whose name in reverse is a word that means "innocent" |
| 43% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 43% | ASICS | 5 | Shoe company whose name is an acronym for a Latin expression about health in mind and body |
| 42% | LUCAS | 5 | George whose name is a lead-in to "film" |
| 41% | HEIRS | 5 | List in a will |
| 41% | TURNONS | 7 | They might be listed in a dating profile |
| 40% | LALAW | 5 | TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence |
| 40% | STRENGTHS | 9 | Assets, as might be listed in a job interview |
| 40% | DONOR | 5 | One listed in a fund-raising report |
| 40% | HEIR | 4 | Person listed in a will |
| 40% | HEIRS | 5 | Those listed in a will |
| 40% | ASSETS | 6 | Things listed in a will |