| 100% | ISADORA | 7 | Unconventional dancer killed by a scarf, __ Duncan |
| 45% | ISADORA | 7 | Dancer Duncan played by Vanessa Redgrave in a 1968 biopic |
| 42% | ISADORA | 7 | __ Duncan, American dancer strangled by her scarf |
| 41% | MURDERED | 8 | Killed by a group of crows? |
| 40% | GERM | 4 | Tiny organism killed by a disinfectant |
| 39% | GERM | 4 | Microbe that's killed by a disinfectant |
| 39% | ORION | 5 | Greek hero killed by a giant scorpion |
| 38% | GERM | 4 | Something that might be killed by a disinfectant |
| 38% | SLAIN | 5 | Killed by enemy in a duel |
| 38% | NECK | 4 | Body part that could be covered by a scarf |
| 38% | STEP | 4 | Something memorized by a dancer |
| 37% | OLE | 3 | Cheer heard by a flamenco dancer |
| 37% | RUG | 3 | It's cut by a dancer |
| 37% | ADONIS | 6 | Greek god of beauty who was killed by a wild boar |
| 36% | LEI | 3 | Floral wreath worn by a hula dancer |
| 36% | LEI | 3 | Floral necklace worn by a hula dancer |
| 36% | SKIRT | 5 | It's lifted by a cancan dancer |
| 36% | LEI | 3 | Floral garland worn by a hula dancer |
| 36% | HIPS | 4 | Joints exercised by a 56-Across dancer |
| 36% | NEAVE | 5 | Airey —, Conservative MP for Abingdon killed by a car bomb in 1979 |
| 35% | HIP | 3 | Part of the body wiggled by a belly dancer |
| 34% | LEOTARD | 7 | A bodysuit, especially one worn by ballet dancers |
| 33% | VIEW | 4 | "A ___ to a Kill" (Bond song by Duran Duran) |
| 31% | BOO | 3 | Radley played by Robert Duvall in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 31% | SLAIN | 5 | Dead, like a dragon killed by a knight |
| 31% | SLAIN | 5 | Like a vampire killed by Buffy Summers |
| 30% | VERISOPHT | 9 | Lord Frederick —, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel |
| 29% | FRANCES | 7 | "___ Ha," 2012 film co-written by Greta Gerwig that follows a struggling dancer |
| 29% | EEL | 3 | Fish considered a delicacy by some, but which is notoriously difficult to kill |
| 29% | FIRE | 4 | "...___ cannot kill a dragon," line said by Daenerys Targaryen in "Game of Thrones" |