| 100% | EINSTEIN | 8 | The man who discovered the theory of relativity |
| 67% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Scientist who espoused the theory of relativity |
| 67% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Scientist who developed the theory of relativity |
| 64% | HERSCHEL | 8 | Surname of the man who discovered Uranus |
| 55% | ULM | 3 | Where Einstein, who conceived the General Theory of Relativity, was himself conceived |
| 54% | SCROOGE | 7 | Man who saw the ghosts of Christmas |
| 53% | DARESTO | 7 | "A man who ___ waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin |
| 53% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Father of the theory of relativity |
| 52% | DARWIN | 6 | Charles who developed the theory of evolution |
| 52% | EDDINGTON | 9 | First Englishman to prove the Theory of Relativity |
| 51% | GUTENBERG | 9 | Surname of the man who invented the printing press |
| 51% | LEONARDO | 8 | First name of the man who painted the Mona Lisa |
| 50% | VEBLEN | 6 | Economist who wrote "The Theory of the Leisure Class" |
| 50% | REEVE | 5 | Christopher who played the Man of Steel |
| 49% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer who discovered the main moons of Jupiter |
| 49% | ASSISI | 6 | St Francis of __, man who founded the Franciscans |
| 49% | TESLA | 5 | Subject of the biography "The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century" |
| 48% | FERMAT | 6 | French mathematician who pioneered in the theory of probability |
| 48% | WATTYLER | 8 | Kentish man who led the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 |
| 48% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 48% | LAIC | 4 | A common man who is not part of the clergy |
| 47% | QUESTLOVE | 9 | Front man of the Roots who wrote the cookbook "Mixtape Potluck" |
| 47% | GIANT | 5 | Who Jack discovered at the top of the beanstalk |
| 47% | PASCAL | 6 | Blaise —, 17th-century mathematician and philosopher who developed the theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat |
| 46% | ERDOS | 5 | Mathematician who was the subject of "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" |
| 46% | LIVTYLER | 8 | Actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's front man: 2 wds. |
| 46% | NED | 3 | First name of the man who lives next to Homer and Marge |
| 46% | AMES | 4 | Harry of the novel "The Man Who Cried I Am" |
| 46% | KNIGHT | 6 | Man who is given the title of Sir in England |
| 46% | GOODONE | 7 | Jane who wrote "In the Shadow of Man" |