| 100% | METS | 4 | Team whose name rhymes with two others in the same metropolitan area |
| 42% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 42% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner whose name rhymes with a Coen brothers film set in the Midwest |
| 41% | OTIS | 4 | Name that rhymes with another answer in the same column of the grid |
| 38% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name is rhymed with “El Salvador, too,” in the “Animaniacs” song “Yakko’s World” |
| 37% | SOU | 3 | Coin name rhymed with two in a Les Misérables song |
| 36% | CAMELOT | 7 | Castle whose name is repeatedly rhymed with “Shalott,” in “The Lady of Shalott” |
| 34% | HOAGIE | 6 | Sandwich whose name originated in the Philly area |
| 34% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two baseball teams |
| 34% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 34% | SOX | 3 | Second word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 34% | LENORE | 6 | Name rhymed with “nevermore,” in “The Raven” |
| 33% | URDU | 4 | Language whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 33% | SOX | 3 | Word in the names of two American League baseball teams |
| 33% | OHIO | 4 | US state whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 33% | COUPLET | 7 | *Poetic structure with two lines, often with the same meter and rhyme |
| 33% | IOWA | 4 | The only US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 32% | OPALS | 5 | Birthstones whose name starts with the same letter as their month |
| 32% | PEA | 3 | "A seed with three letters in my name. Take away two and I still sound the same. What am I?" |
| 32% | TUNA | 4 | Canned fish whose name stays the same whether consumed alone or in a group |
| 32% | MOOSE | 5 | Antlered animal whose name stays the same whether roaming alone or in a group |
| 32% | ROO | 3 | “Winnie-the-Pooh” character whose name rhymes with Pooh |
| 32% | AUDI | 4 | Automaker whose name rhymes with "rowdy" |
| 32% | NEWT | 4 | Amphibian whose name rhymes with cute |
| 32% | AFLAC | 5 | Insurer whose name rhymes with "quack" |
| 32% | AUDI | 4 | Automaker whose name rhymes with "howdy" |
| 32% | OAK | 3 | Tree whose name rhymes with "poke" |
| 32% | AUDI | 4 | Carmaker whose name rhymes with "rowdy" |
| 32% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name rhymes with "holly" |