| 100% | ALTON | 5 | _____ Parker, 1904 candidate for President |
| 66% | BARR | 4 | 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 61% | NADER | 5 | Green candidate for president, 1996 |
| 60% | NADER | 5 | 1996 Green Party candidate for President |
| 60% | BARR | 4 | Bob ___, 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 60% | CASS | 4 | Lewis ___, 1848 Democratic candidate for president |
| 59% | HRC | 3 | Initials of the 2016 Democratic candidate for President |
| 58% | GEORGEWALLACE | 13 | American Independent Party candidate for President (1968): 2 wds. |
| 57% | JILL | 4 | ___ Stein, Green Party candidate for president in 2012 and 2016 |
| 57% | STROMTHURMOND | 13 | States' Rights Democratic Party candidate for President (1948): 2 wds. |
| 57% | PEROT | 5 | H. Ross ___ (independent candidate for President in 1992 and 1996) |
| 55% | GREEN | 5 | With 7-Across, group whose 2016 candidate for president is Jill Stein |
| 55% | ALTON | 5 | ___ B. Parker, Theodore Roosevelt's 1904 opponent for president |
| 54% | ALTONS | 6 | 1904 presidential candidate Parker and others |
| 51% | PALIN | 5 | Sarah —, Republican candidate for vice president of the US in 2008 |
| 49% | RALPH | 5 | With 39-Across, Green Party (1996 and 2000) and independent (2004 and 2008) candidate for President: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene —, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president |
| 44% | DEWEY | 5 | Whom Truman defeated for president |
| 44% | MITT | 4 | Romney who ran for president |
| 44% | GORE | 4 | Al who ran for president |
| 44% | ERAS | 4 | Time spans named for presidents |
| 44% | ERAS | 4 | Times often named for presidents |
| 44% | ERAS | 4 | Periods sometimes named for presidents |
| 44% | INCA | 4 | Candidate for mummification |
| 44% | USER | 4 | Candidate for rehab |
| 44% | ASTUDENT | 8 | Candidate for valedictorian |
| 44% | EYESORE | 7 | Candidate for Photoshop |
| 44% | ABUSER | 6 | Candidate for rehab |
| 44% | STRAY | 5 | Candidate for adoption |
| 44% | HOAX | 4 | Candidate for debunking |