| 100% | AMORE | 5 | "We the people of the United States, in order to form ___ perfect union ...": 2 wds. |
| 49% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921: 2 wds. |
| 49% | WETHE | 5 | "___ People of the United States..." (First words of the U.S. Constitution): 2 wds. |
| 47% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 45% | NICKOFFERMAN | 12 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays the president of the United States in "Civil War" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SEVENTH | 7 | Like Maryland, in order of states admitted to the Union |
| 45% | JOSEPHRBIDEN | 12 | Former vice president who is the oldest person to be inaugurated as president of the United States (3 wds.) |
| 45% | JAMESGARFIELD | 13 | 20th President of the United States, who was shot after being in office for only 200 days: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States who issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day in 1914: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LAURABUSH | 9 | Former Girl Scout who was First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | Former Girl Scout who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First African-American woman to serve as First Lady of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JACKIEKENNEDY | 13 | Former First Lady of the United States who was born in July (2 wds.) |
| 43% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird on the seal of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 43% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | US swimmer who came out of retirement in 2014 to swim at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 43% | NANCYREAGAN | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1981-1989) who wrote "To Love a Child": 2 wds. |
| 43% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 42% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th president of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | Seventh president of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 42% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | 19-Across and 34-Across writer whose work indirectly led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Rex: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird that's a national symbol of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EYEDPEAS | 8 | Black ___, eaten on New Year's Day in Southern United States to bring good fortune in the new year: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DEANSMITH | 9 | University of North Carolina basketball coach who led the US men's basketball team to Olympic gold in 1976: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BARBARABUSH | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) who wrote "Millie's Book": 2 wds. |
| 40% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) who wrote "Becoming": 2 wds. |
| 40% | ROALDAMUNDSEN | 13 | Norwegian explorer who in 1911 became the first person to reach the South Pole, one month ahead of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AFL | 3 | ___-CIO (largest federation of unions in the United States) |
| 40% | ALTHEAGIBSON | 12 | In 1957, she became the first person of color to win a Wimbledon championship (2 wds.) |