| 100% | IRENE | 5 | Woman in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 83% | IRENE | 5 | ___ Adler (woman in Sherlock Holmes stories) |
| 80% | IRENEADLER | 10 | Woman in a Sherlock Holmes story |
| 77% | IRENE | 5 | Adler in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 72% | ADLER | 5 | Irene ___, figure in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 72% | MORIARTY | 8 | Fictional professor in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 71% | WATSON | 6 | Usual narrator in Sherlock Holmes stories: Dr. __ |
| 71% | INSP | 4 | Lestrade's rank, in Sherlock Holmes stories: Abbr. |
| 70% | DOGCART | 7 | Horse-drawn vehicle often mentioned in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 66% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes in "The Woman in Green" |
| 65% | IRENE | 5 | Adler of the Sherlock Holmes story “A Scandal in Bohemia” |
| 58% | IRENE | 5 | Adler of Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 56% | IRENE | 5 | ___ Adler from Sherlock Holmes stories |
| 56% | BEECHES | 7 | Sherlock Holmes story "The Copper ___" |
| 54% | IRENE | 5 | Adler in Sherlock Holmes fiction |
| 53% | ADLER | 5 | Irene of a Sherlock Holmes story |
| 53% | HIS | 3 | "___ Last Bow" (1917 Sherlock Holmes story) |
| 52% | PASTICHE | 8 | Sherlock Holmes story not by Conan Doyle, e.g. |
| 52% | INSPECTOR | 9 | Lestrade of Sherlock Holmes stories, e.g. |
| 52% | THELIONSMANE | 12 | Sherlock Holmes adventure, in brief |
| 51% | NIGEL | 5 | Bruce who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes films |
| 51% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 14 movies |
| 51% | BASILRATHBONE | 13 | Sherlock Holmes portrayer in 15 movies |
| 50% | DAME | 4 | Woman in a hard-boiled detective story |
| 50% | HAG | 3 | Witchy woman, in old stories |
| 49% | OPIUMDEN | 8 | *Setting in Sherlock Holmes's "The Man with the Twisted Lip" |
| 48% | DEDUCTION | 9 | Skill used by Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes |
| 48% | RATHBONE | 8 | Basil __ played Sherlock Holmes in the 30s/40s |
| 47% | BAKERST | 7 | No 221B was where Sherlock Holmes lived in London |
| 46% | HIS | 3 | "___ Last Bow" (Sherlock Holmes story) |