| 100% | VICEROY | 7 | Title for Columbus, in the Indies |
| 63% | IMAM | 4 | Title for Abraham in the Quran |
| 63% | VICEROY | 7 | Christopher Columbus, in the Indies |
| 62% | LORD | 4 | Title for Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" series |
| 61% | RACES | 5 | Participates in the Indy 500, for example |
| 58% | SULTAN | 6 | Title for a leader in the Ottoman Empire |
| 58% | SIR | 3 | Title for a superior officer in the military |
| 58% | CATERESS | 8 | Job title for Blondie, in the comics |
| 56% | NANETTE | 7 | Title character singing in the "Tea for Two" duet |
| 56% | PROTEM | 6 | For the time being, in some titles |
| 55% | COUNT | 5 | ___ Dracula, title for the vampire owner seen in "Hotel Transylvania" |
| 54% | APE | 3 | The title character in "Mighty Joe Young," for one |
| 53% | SIR | 3 | Title for a man granted in the U.K. but not in the U.S. |
| 52% | CENTERLINE | 10 | Marking in the middle of the road ... or an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 52% | EARLOFCHESTER | 13 | One title for this puzzle's subject, spelled in order by the circled letters |
| 52% | EMEER | 5 | Title which, in Arabic, derives from the word for "immortal" (var.) |
| 52% | ACME | 4 | Synonym for the first word in this puzzle's title |
| 51% | MME | 3 | Title for Constance Bonacieux who d'Artagnan rescues from the Cardinal's guard in "The Three Musketeers" |
| 50% | AUNT | 4 | Title for Lydia and Elizabeth in "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 49% | TOP | 3 | Abbreviation for the Grammy-winning duo from Columbus that released "Trench" in 2018 |
| 49% | MIKE | 4 | ___ Tyson, legendary boxer who Evander Holyfield defeated for the WBA title in 1996 |
| 49% | RACED | 5 | Drove in the Indy |
| 49% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 49% | DALE | 4 | Jim —, comic actor who played the title role in 1992 film Carry on Columbus |
| 49% | FARR | 4 | Tommy —, Welsh boxer who fought Joe Louis for the World Heavyweight title in 1937 |
| 49% | DUNN | 4 | Richard —, British boxer who fought Muhammad Ali for the World Heavyweight title in 1976 |
| 49% | DONCOCKELL | 10 | London-born boxer who fought Rocky Marciano in 1955 for the World Heavyweight title |
| 49% | BEN | 3 | ___ Platt, actor known for originating the title role in "Dear Evan Hansen" on Broadway |
| 49% | IDRIS | 5 | & 4D London-born actor known for the title role in BBC TV series Luther |
| 49% | RACED | 5 | Competed in the Indy 500 |