| 100% | ELEGY | 5 | "Hillbilly ___" (J.D. Vance memoir) |
| 99% | HILLBILLY | 9 | J. D. Vance bestselling memoir, __ Elegy |
| 70% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | 2016 memoir by J.D. Vance that describes his Appalachian upbringing: 2 wds. |
| 68% | WEIRD | 5 | Adjective used to describe Donald Trump and J. D. Vance |
| 62% | BOWENYANG | 9 | J.D. Vance portrayer on "Saturday Night Live" |
| 61% | OSU | 3 | Alma mater of J.D. Vance |
| 60% | OHIO | 4 | Where J.D. Vance is senator-elect |
| 55% | SNL | 3 | Show on which Bowen Yang plays J.D. Vance, for short |
| 51% | ESME | 4 | J. D. Salinger title character |
| 48% | HOLDEMCAULFIELD | 15 | J. D. Salinger character's favorite game? |
| 48% | FRANNY | 6 | & 3D 1961 book by J D Salinger |
| 48% | HILLBILLYELEGY | 14 | Film adaptation of a J. D. Vance best-seller, starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams (November, 2020) |
| 47% | SALINGER | 8 | J. D. __ wrote The Catcher in the Rye |
| 46% | SALINGER | 8 | J D —, author of 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye |
| 46% | JEROMEDAVID | 11 | The "J. D." of J. D. Salinger |
| 46% | INITS | 5 | D.D.E. or J.F.K. |
| 45% | ROBB | 4 | J D —, author of novels Divided in Death and Origin in Death |
| 44% | ESME | 4 | Title girl in a J. D. Salinger story |
| 44% | ESME | 4 | Girl in a J. D. Salinger short story |
| 43% | OONAONEILL | 10 | Debutante who dated J. D. Salinger and Orson Welles |
| 43% | OONA | 4 | O'Neill whom J. D. Salinger wanted to marry |
| 43% | OILTYCOONS | 10 | J. Paul Getty and John D. Rockefeller, for two |
| 43% | YOUREONLYLONELY | 15 | 1979 J. D. Souther hit with a rhyming title |
| 43% | EUROPE | 6 | "Crusade in ___" (Dwight D. Eisenhower war memoir) |
| 42% | LLB | 3 | J.D. forerunner |
| 42% | ATTY | 4 | J.D. holder |
| 42% | ATT | 3 | J.D. holder |
| 42% | THECATCHERIN | 12 | & 12A 1951 novel by J D Salinger whose protagonist is Holden Caulfield |
| 42% | NORA | 4 | Roberts who also writes under the pseudonym J. D. Robb |
| 41% | NINESTORIES | 11 | J.D. Salinger collection |