| 100% | STROUD | 6 | Texans quarterback c.j. |
| 48% | SEARS | 5 | J. C. Penney rival |
| 46% | JED | 3 | C. J.'s boss on "The West Wing" |
| 46% | STL | 3 | C. J. Cherryh's birth city, for short |
| 44% | STORES | 6 | Target and J. C. Penney |
| 44% | STORE | 5 | Target or J. C. Penney |
| 44% | PROS | 4 | Sam and J. C. Snead |
| 43% | PENNEY | 6 | J. C. ___, founder of an eponymous retail chain |
| 43% | INITS | 5 | C.S. Lewis or J.D. Salinger pieces? |
| 43% | SNEADS | 6 | Golf's Sam and J. C. |
| 43% | SNEADS | 6 | Golf’s Sam and J. C. |
| 41% | DONS | 4 | J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford |
| 41% | THENBA | 6 | League whose current players’-union president is C. J. McCollum |
| 40% | MCDERMOTT | 9 | C J —, Australia Test cricketer who took 8-97 against England at Perth in 1991 |
| 40% | DEEDEEMYERS | 11 | Press secretary who inspired C. J. Cregg of "The West Wing" |
| 39% | PLANO | 5 | Texas city that's headquarters for J. C. Penney |
| 37% | MADAM | 5 | ___ C. J. Walker, first American woman to become a self-made millionaire, per Guinness |
| 37% | SEARS | 5 | J.C. Penney competitor |
| 37% | MADAM | 5 | Entrepreneur __ C.J. Walker |
| 37% | PLANO | 5 | City that's headquarters for Pizza Hut and J. C. Penney |
| 37% | OXFORD | 6 | Alma mater for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis |
| 36% | LETTERS | 7 | a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l... |
| 35% | MCKAY | 5 | C J —, Australia cricketer who took 5-33 against Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI in Brisbane in 2010 |
| 35% | BROAD | 5 | S C J —, England Test cricketer who took 5-85 against West Indies in Kingston in 2009 |
| 34% | OBE | 3 | Award accepted by J. K. Rowling and turned down by C. S. Lewis |
| 33% | RAMONE | 6 | Rock's C.J. or Dee Dee |
| 33% | ATHEY | 5 | C W J —, England Test cricketer who made 123 against Pakistan at Lord's in 1987 |
| 33% | ATHEY | 5 | C W J —, England Test cricketer who hit 123 against Pakistan at Lord's in 1987 |
| 33% | SNEADS | 6 | Golfer J.C. and others |
| 33% | SNEADS | 6 | Golfers Sam and J.C. |