| 100% | HELLS | 5 | With 2-Down, biker with an oxymoronic name |
| 65% | LES | 3 | With 107-Down, Westerner with an oxymoronic-sounding name buried on Boot Hill |
| 63% | DOUBLESOLITAIRE | 15 | Game with an oxymoronic name |
| 63% | ICYHOT | 6 | Balm with an oxymoronic name |
| 63% | FIREWATER | 9 | Beverage with an oxymoronic name |
| 62% | ICYHOT | 6 | Pain reliever with an oxymoronic name |
| 62% | BIGGIESMALLS | 12 | Noted rapper with an oxymoronic name |
| 62% | ICYHOT | 6 | Pain relief brand with an oxymoronic name |
| 55% | KRAZYGLUE | 9 | Superstrong adhesive brand with an "insane" name: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ARCH | 4 | With 33 Down, death metal band with an adversarial name |
| 53% | SAMSMITH | 8 | "Dancing With a Stranger" singer with an "S.S." name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | AIRHEADS | 8 | Candy with an insulting name #2 |
| 52% | PRINCEFIELDER | 13 | Texas Rangers first baseman with an appropriate last name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHARLESRICHTER | 14 | Seismologist with an earthquake-measuring "scale" named after him: 2 wds. |
| 52% | FANCY | 5 | With 2-Down, nickname for an overly swanky person |
| 51% | OHHENRY | 7 | Nestlé candy bar whose name ends with an exclamation point: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GILBERTARENAS | 13 | Three-time NBA All-Star with an appropriate last name: 2 wds. |
| 51% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer with an orange-red rose named for her: 2 wds. |
| 51% | RUGBY | 5 | With 2-Down, official name for the All Blacks' sport |
| 51% | MUDPIE | 6 | Chocolaty dessert with an unappetizing name (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MARGARETCOURT | 13 | Grand Slam-winning female tennis player with an appropriate last name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | MARILYNMONROE | 13 | "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" actress with an apricot-colored rose named for her: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MOUNT | 5 | With 2-Down, major Manhattan hospital with a biblical name |
| 49% | PAPA | 4 | With 2 Down, parents |
| 49% | ROLL | 4 | With 2-Down, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 48% | PORES | 5 | With 2 Down, studies closely |
| 48% | LIVIA | 5 | Emperor Tiberius's mother (whose name rhymes with 2-Down) |
| 48% | ELMS | 4 | With "the," rock band with an arboreal name |
| 47% | LAKE | 4 | With 2 Down, water bordering Cleveland |
| 47% | SPINALTAP | 9 | "Stonehenge" pseudo-band with a "metal umlaut" over an N in its name: 2 wds. |