| 100% | COUCHGAGS | 9 | Visual jokes in openings of "The Simpsons" (a tradition since the first episode) |
| 46% | OPEN | 4 | "Simpsons Roasting on an ___ Fire," first episode of "The Simpsons" that aired as a Christmas special in 1989 |
| 46% | BART | 4 | First character shown in the opening credits of “The Simpsons” |
| 44% | NED | 3 | Only Springfield resident whose house is destroyed by a hurricane, in an episode of The Simpsons |
| 41% | MALIBUSTACY | 11 | Doll in a 1994 episode of "The Simpsons" that was based on the "Teen Talk" version of 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | GAG | 3 | Couch ___ (visual humor in the opening sequence of "The Simpsons") |
| 41% | RIN | 3 | ___ Tin Tin (dog that bit Hitler in a 2003 episode of "The Simpsons") |
| 40% | PTA | 3 | Org. in which Marge becomes involved in a classic 1995 episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 40% | SOFA | 4 | Piece of furniture featured in the opening of "The Simpsons" |
| 39% | STEPONE | 7 | The first instruction in a list of instructions |
| 39% | APES | 4 | Extras in the opening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 38% | ARMHOLE | 7 | Either of the openings in a vest |
| 38% | PAWN | 4 | The first piece usually moved in a game of chess |
| 38% | TUE | 3 | The first of two T's, in a familiar sequence |
| 38% | GROIN | 5 | What gets hit by a football in "Man Getting Hit by Football" in a classic episode of "The Simpsons" |
| 38% | MONA | 4 | First name of the woman in a famously mysterious portrait |
| 38% | SWAM | 4 | Competed in the first leg of a triathlon |
| 38% | SWAM | 4 | Participated in the first third of a triathlon |
| 38% | OUTSWAM | 7 | Defeated in the first part of a triathlon |
| 38% | UPON | 4 | Word in the first sentence of a fairy tale |
| 38% | OPEN | 4 | Make the first bid in a game of bridge |
| 37% | LEGPULLING | 10 | In the midst of a practical joke |
| 37% | KEYHOLE | 7 | Opening in the middle of a lock |
| 37% | SLIT | 4 | Opening in the side of a skirt |
| 37% | RERUN | 5 | Any airing of a TV episode after the first one |
| 37% | PAWN | 4 | Usually the first piece moved in a game of chess |
| 37% | AZALEA | 6 | Last flower in the first section of a botanical dictionary |
| 37% | VENT | 4 | Opening in the back of a suit jacket |
| 37% | LONDONZOO | 9 | Home of the first hippopotamus in Europe since the Roman Empire |
| 37% | CHELSEAGRAMMAR | 14 | Star of a sitcom in which the First Daughter learns syntax? |