| 100% | MARCO | 5 | With 74 Across, explorer whose name is shouted in a pool |
| 45% | POLO | 4 | Explorer whose name is a sport |
| 44% | XXXXX | 5 | Name shouted in a pool |
| 42% | TOM | 3 | Boy whose name is repeated in a nursery rhyme |
| 42% | DONOR | 5 | Supporter whose name is listed in a fundraising report |
| 41% | AVOGADRO | 8 | Scientist whose name is associated with a number |
| 41% | ENO | 3 | Musician whose name is a number in reverse |
| 41% | CRIMESCENE | 10 | "CSI: ___," with 31-Across, the name of a TV show Liev Schreiber - whose birthday it is today - guest starred in as Michael Keppler: 2 wds. |
| 41% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted when a player has one card |
| 41% | BTEN | 4 | Bygone bomber whose name is a call in bingo |
| 41% | AMOR | 4 | Deity whose name is a city in Italia backwards |
| 41% | SUEDE | 5 | Material whose name is a Scandinavian country in French |
| 41% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was formerly spelled with a $ |
| 41% | KESHA | 5 | Pop star whose name was once stylized with a $ |
| 41% | TET | 3 | Holiday whose name is pronounced with a high rising tone |
| 41% | LIMA | 4 | Ohio city whose name is pronounced with a long "I" |
| 41% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B |
| 41% | OSRIC | 5 | Actor Chau whose name is also a character in "Hamlet" |
| 41% | ABSALOM | 7 | Biblical figure whose name is repeated in a Faulkner title |
| 41% | KATY | 4 | 1918 song girl whose name was sung with a stutter |
| 41% | KESHA | 5 | "TiK ToK" singer whose name was formerly spelled with a $ |
| 40% | ACDC | 4 | Hard-rock band whose name is stylized with a lightning bolt |
| 40% | AOL | 3 | Internet service provider whose name is now stylized with a period |
| 40% | STAR | 4 | Actor whose name is in big letters on a movie poster |
| 40% | ONCE | 4 | Musical whose name is the number 11 in a foreign language |
| 40% | KOI | 3 | Ornamental fish whose name is a homophone for “love” in Japanese |
| 40% | BAKLAVA | 7 | Pastry whose name is often be confused with a skier's headgear |
| 40% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 30-Across, "Mistresses" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2003 |
| 40% | DINAH | 5 | Singer Shore whose name is associated with a major LPGA golf tournament |
| 40% | OBEY | 4 | Streetwear company whose name is also a command to comply with orders |