| 100% | HURRAH | 6 | Walt Whitman referred to baseball as "the ___ game of the republic!" |
| 45% | ALOE | 4 | Ancient Egyptians referred to it as the "plant of immortality" because of its ability to survive without soil |
| 44% | ELLA | 4 | Jazz legend Fitzgerald referred to as the "First Lady of Song" |
| 44% | CUBA | 4 | Havana's island country that is often referred to as the "sugar bowl of the world" |
| 42% | QUINOA | 6 | Food staple referred to as "the gold of the Incas" |
| 42% | DONNA | 5 | Ma___ is referred to as the Queen of Pop Music |
| 42% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical figure referred to as a "son of the desert" |
| 42% | ARETHA | 6 | ___ Franklin, legendary singer referred to as the "Queen of Soul" |
| 42% | TIREE | 5 | Scottish windsurfing venue often referred to as "Hawaii of the north" |
| 41% | JACKSON | 7 | Michael ___, the late singer who is referred to as "The King of Pop" |
| 41% | TROJANS | 7 | Their women's team is often referred to as the "Women of Troy" |
| 41% | BERN | 4 | De facto capital of Switzerland which is referred to as the "federal city" |
| 40% | NESTOR | 6 | King of Pylos referred to as the Gerenian horseman in Homer's The Iliad |
| 40% | ELLA | 4 | I am referred to as the "Queen of Jazz" and I won fourteen Grammys |
| 40% | KELLAR | 6 | Harry ___, American magician who is often referred to as the "Dean of American Magicians" |
| 40% | TINA | 4 | ___ Turner, rock and R&B icon referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" |
| 40% | BANS | 4 | Permanent denials of entry, as to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| 40% | WORLDSERIES | 11 | Annual set of games to decide the Major League Baseball championship |
| 40% | BOREINON | 8 | Get closer to, as the heart of the matter |
| 39% | ELLA | 4 | ___ Fitzgerald, jazz legend sometimes referred to as "The First Lady of Song" |
| 39% | VERSUS | 6 | In contrast to or as the alternative of |
| 39% | ALYSSANAKKEN | 12 | First woman to coach on the field of a Major League Baseball game, for the San Francisco Giants in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 38% | MADONNA | 7 | American singer and actress referred to as the "Queen of Pop" whose debut self-titled album came out in 1983 |
| 38% | NURSE | 5 | Walt Whitman volunteered as one during the Civil War |
| 37% | CHEF | 4 | "I refer to everybody as '___' because it's a sign of respect" (line from "The Bear") |
| 37% | LITTLEBIGHORN | 13 | Iconic site in Montana, that preserves the site of the battle that was fought here, commonly referred to as "Custer's Last Stand": 2 wds. |
| 37% | PRECIOUS | 8 | "My ___!" (how Gollum refers to the Ring in "Lord of the Rings") |
| 37% | SEN | 3 | Sun Yat-___, known as the "Father of the Nation" to most Chinese |
| 37% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 37% | JANETRENO | 9 | First woman to serve as attorney general of the US: 2 wds. |