| 100% | JERRYQUARRY | 11 | US fighter beaten by Jimmy Ellis in a 1968 vacant WBA Heavyweight title contest |
| 29% | ELENORE | 7 | Title girl in a 1968 hit by the Turtles |
| 28% | BOWE | 4 | Riddick —, US fighter who became WBA, WBC and IBF Heavyweight champion in 1992 |
| 25% | ONEUPON | 7 | Beating by a hole, in match play |
| 24% | SUSAN | 5 | Title girl in a 1968 Buckinghams hit |
| 24% | ELENORE | 7 | Title girl in a 1968 Turtles hit |
| 24% | OUTEATS | 7 | Beats in a pie contest? |
| 24% | PAPER | 5 | It's beaten by scissors in a game |
| 24% | DELILAH | 7 | Title woman in a 1968 Tom Jones hit |
| 24% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's contest |
| 24% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a pie contest, say |
| 24% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat in a hot dog contest |
| 23% | PIRELLI | 7 | Barber beaten by Sweeney Todd in a shaving competition |
| 23% | MASTERS | 7 | US golf contest won in 1969 by George Archer |
| 22% | FIRPO | 5 | Luis —, Argentine boxer defeated by Jack Dempsey in a 1923 World Heavyweight title fight |
| 22% | OUTATE | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. |
| 22% | RITA | 4 | Title girl in a song by 35-Down |
| 22% | UZI | 3 | "Gun in a briefcase" once used by the US Secret Service VIP section |
| 22% | JOANN | 5 | Title girl in a 1958 hit by the Playmates |
| 22% | LAD | 3 | Title collie in a novel by Albert Payson Terhune |
| 22% | SELMA | 5 | Title city in a 2014 film by Ava DuVernay |
| 22% | QUARTERTO | 9 | With 16-Across, title time in a 1961 #1 hit by Gary U.S. Bonds |
| 22% | RHIANNON | 8 | Title woman in a 1976 hit single by Fleetwood Mac |
| 22% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a 1979 #1 song by the Knack |
| 22% | EILEEN | 6 | Title woman in a hit song by Dexys Midnight Runners |
| 22% | HAVANA | 6 | Title city in a 2017 #1 hit by Camila Cabello |
| 22% | SHARONA | 7 | Title girl in a No. 1 song by the Knack |
| 22% | ISADORA | 7 | Dancer Duncan played by Vanessa Redgrave in a 1968 biopic |
| 21% | BERNADETTE | 10 | Title woman in a 1967 hit single by the Four Tops |
| 21% | SADIE | 5 | Title woman in a 1975 R&B hit by the Spinners |