| 100% | METONYM | 7 | "The White House" vis-à-vis the executive branch of government, e.g. |
| 46% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of a particular office in the White House |
| 46% | OVAL | 4 | Shape of a notable room in the White House |
| 45% | SASHA | 5 | One of a pair in the White House in the 2010s |
| 44% | INGOD | 5 | Words to the left of the White House flag on a $20 bill |
| 44% | ESE | 3 | Like the Capitol bldg. vis-à-vis the White House |
| 43% | STIVES | 6 | Seaside resort in Cornwall housing a branch of the Tate Gallery |
| 43% | REMOVAL | 7 | The taking away of something, e.g. house clearance |
| 41% | DOYENNE | 7 | Helen Thomas in the White House press corps, e.g. |
| 41% | JACKIEKENNEDY | 13 | First Lady who gave a 1962 TV tour of the White House after she oversaw its restoration: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PENTAD | 6 | The fingers of a hand, e.g. |
| 40% | KREMLIN | 7 | Executive branch of Russian government |
| 40% | STAFF | 5 | The White House Chief of ___ |
| 40% | EMIR | 4 | Member of the House of Saud, e.g. |
| 40% | MESS | 4 | The end of a Jenga game, e.g. |
| 40% | GHOST | 5 | The ___, nickname of the boxer, Robert Guerrero that may remind you of a white-cloaked house haunter |
| 40% | PARTYLEADER | 11 | Speaker of the House, e.g. |
| 40% | OVERTURE | 8 | The opening to a piece of music, e.g. The 1812 __ |
| 40% | ACIDITY | 7 | The level of sourness, e.g. of a food or substance |
| 40% | RUN | 3 | Do the last part of a triathlon, e.g. |
| 40% | LAUREATE | 8 | A prize winner, e.g. of the Nobel Prize |
| 39% | CAA | 3 | White house monogram letters of the '80s |
| 39% | PRESSROOM | 9 | Part of the White House |
| 39% | LEON | 4 | Panetta of the White House |
| 39% | JARED | 5 | Kushner of the White House |
| 39% | JAMESBAKER | 10 | White House Chief of Staff for Reagan and George H.W. Bush (and also a Secretary of the Treasury): 2 wds. |
| 39% | VALUATION | 9 | Estimation of worth, e.g. of a house or antique |
| 39% | ACRES | 5 | The White House grounds have 18 of them |
| 39% | DEEDEE | 6 | Myers, formerly of the White House |
| 39% | ELYSEE | 6 | French equivalent of the White House |