| 100% | JAY | 3 | With 18-Down, former "Tonight Show" host |
| 74% | JAY | 3 | With 46-Down, former "Tonight Show" host |
| 74% | JAY | 3 | With 47-Down, former "Tonight Show" host |
| 70% | LENO | 4 | Former Tonight Show host |
| 65% | LENO | 4 | Last name of former Tonight Show host Jay |
| 59% | LENO | 4 | Former ''Tonight Show'' host |
| 58% | RICKILAKE | 9 | Former talk show host with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 58% | LENO | 4 | Former "The Tonight Show" host Jay |
| 57% | LENO | 4 | Former "Tonight Show" host |
| 57% | JAY | 3 | Former "Tonight Show" host Leno |
| 57% | LENO | 4 | Former "Tonight Show" host Jay |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Former "Tonight Show" host known for his large chin |
| 53% | LENO | 4 | Former late-night host Jay with a car show on CNBC |
| 52% | LENO | 4 | Former host of "The Tonight Show" |
| 52% | JOHNOLIVER | 10 | Former "Daily Show" correspondent who hosts HBO's "Last Week Tonight": 2 wds. |
| 52% | JAY | 3 | With 26-Across, "The Tonight Show" host until 2014 |
| 52% | LENO | 4 | Former host of "The Tonight Show," Jay ___ |
| 51% | RAH | 3 | With 18 Down, gung-ho |
| 50% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host who used to work at McDonald's: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LENO | 4 | "The Tonight Show With Jay ___" (former late-night show) |
| 49% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | Former "American Idol" contestant who's hosting a new daytime talk show with Ben Aaron: 2 wds. |
| 49% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host who was awarded the Mark Twain Prize in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LENO | 4 | "The Tonight Show" host |
| 49% | STEWART | 7 | Former ''Daily Show'' host |
| 49% | LENO | 4 | Tonight Show with Jay ___ |
| 48% | JAYLENO | 7 | Former "Tonight Show" host whose first name sounds like a letter of the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JAY | 3 | "The Tonight Show" host Leno |
| 48% | JIMMY | 5 | "The Tonight Show" host Fallon |
| 48% | ARSENIO | 7 | Former talk show host Hall |
| 48% | LENO | 4 | Former talk show host Jay |