| 100% | LEAD | 4 | What people often call the graphite in a pencil |
| 51% | LEAD | 4 | What we call the core of a pencil, even though it's really graphite |
| 41% | ONONEKNEE | 9 | Like people in the front row of a group photo, often |
| 41% | OBIT | 4 | News item that often has a person's age in the headline |
| 41% | CZAR | 4 | What the press often calls a federal drug policy boss |
| 39% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROMA | 4 | What people in Italy call their capital |
| 37% | CONGA | 5 | What people in a line may be doing |
| 37% | NARRATOR | 8 | Person who tells the story in a book |
| 37% | LICK | 4 | What people often do to a stamp before putting it on an envelope |
| 36% | EGO | 3 | The "I" in a person |
| 36% | MISTAKEN | 8 | In a case of __ identity you have the wrong person |
| 36% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a phrase |
| 36% | POT | 3 | One calling the kettle black, in a saying |
| 36% | POT | 3 | It calls the kettle black, in a saying |
| 36% | BAY | 3 | What the Norse call a ''fjord'' |
| 36% | UMBRELLA | 8 | What the French call a parapluie |
| 36% | BOSS | 4 | Person in the corner office, often |
| 36% | INK | 3 | What's in a pen but not a pencil |
| 36% | SIDE | 4 | In billiards, what the English call English |
| 36% | SIR | 3 | What a corporal calls a captain, often |
| 36% | POLLEN | 6 | What's often blowing in the wind |
| 36% | SHED | 4 | What cats often do in the spring |
| 36% | NOM | 3 | What to call a French person by |
| 36% | ARMOIRE | 7 | What the French call a wardrobe, cabinet |
| 36% | RHOS | 4 | What the Welsh would call a "moor" |
| 36% | ESTATECAR | 9 | What the British call a station wagon |
| 36% | NOM | 3 | What a person goes by in Paris |
| 35% | BOMBSHELLANNOUNCEMENT | 21 | The candidate called reporters in for a ___ |
| 35% | CAPTAIN | 7 | The person in charge of a ship |