| 100% | CARD | 4 | The Fool or The Hanged Man, in a tarot deck |
| 62% | HANGED | 6 | Like the man on the twelfth trump in a tarot deck |
| 47% | ZERO | 4 | Number on the Fool card in many tarot decks |
| 46% | AVENGER | 7 | The Hulk or Iron Man, for example, in a Marvel Studios series |
| 45% | ACE | 3 | The highest or the lowest card in a card game |
| 45% | CAPTAIN | 7 | The man or woman in command of a ship or vessel |
| 44% | ACE | 3 | One, in a tarot deck |
| 44% | NOAH | 4 | The most popular male baby name of 2014, or a man in the Book of Genesis |
| 44% | PRIESTESS | 9 | "High" figure in a tarot deck |
| 43% | THAMES | 6 | The Three Men in a Boat rowed this river |
| 43% | DISCONTENT | 10 | "The first step in the progress of a man or a nation," per Oscar Wilde |
| 43% | CUPS | 4 | One of four suits in a tarot deck |
| 43% | BUTCHER | 7 | One of the "three men in a tub" |
| 43% | ACE | 3 | The first card in a deck |
| 42% | ACE | 3 | Top-notch, or the top card in a suit |
| 41% | MAGI | 4 | The three wise men in a Christmas story |
| 41% | HERO | 4 | The lead character in a film or play |
| 41% | FINALISTS | 9 | The last competitors in a contest or tournament |
| 41% | PINHEAD | 7 | Fool ... or the villain in "Hellraiser" |
| 41% | PAIROFJOKERS | 12 | Cards #53 and #54 in a deck ... or a hint to the answers to 19-, 26-, 35- and 47-Across |
| 41% | REDSUIT | 7 | Diamonds or hearts, in a card deck |
| 41% | CLOTHES | 7 | __ make the man in a famous saying |
| 41% | OLD | 3 | Like the man in a Hemingway title |
| 41% | TAROT | 5 | Deck with a Hanged Man |
| 41% | SOLDIER | 7 | A man in the army |
| 40% | ARCANA | 6 | Major or minor part of a tarot deck |
| 40% | BIGCHEESE | 9 | The head man, or a very large camembert |
| 40% | ISSUE | 5 | Immigration or the economy, in a presidential election |
| 40% | JESTER | 6 | The fool in a king's court |