| 100% | PENGUIN | 7 | ___ Random House, multinational conglomerate publishing company which published "Becoming" by Michelle Obama |
| 37% | SIMON | 5 | ___ & Schuster, American publishing company which published "No Days Off" by Max Domi |
| 30% | READ | 4 | "I Can ___ With My Eyes Shut," 1978 children's illustrated book by Dr. Seuss published by Random House |
| 29% | ARGO | 4 | Best Picture winner announced by Michelle Obama |
| 29% | HACHETTE | 8 | ___ Book Group, American publishing company which published the book "The Last Lecture" |
| 29% | WILEY | 5 | John ___ & Sons, Inc., American publishing company which publishes academic and instructional materials |
| 27% | NESPRESSO | 9 | Nestle's espresso machine company which is endorsed by George Clooney |
| 26% | SUBSTACK | 8 | Company that publishes newsletters by Patti Smith, Roxane Gay, Daniel Lavery, and thousands of others |
| 25% | HSBC | 4 | British multinational bank company which originated in Hong Kong: Abbr. |
| 25% | MERGER | 6 | Deal in which two companies become one |
| 25% | MITOSIS | 7 | Process by which one cell becomes two |
| 24% | MEMOIR | 6 | Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” e.g. |
| 24% | DUDS | 4 | Milk ___, caramel candies coated with chocolate which are made by The Hershey Company |
| 24% | BECOMING | 8 | 2018 memoir written by the former first lady of the US, Michelle Obama |
| 24% | MIC | 3 | ___ drop (gesture made by Barack Obama at his final White House Correspondents' Dinner) |
| 23% | AMAZON | 6 | Seattle-based company which is the largest Internet company by revenue in the world |
| 23% | WIND | 4 | "Blowin' in the ___," 1962 song by Bob Dylan which later became an anthem of change |
| 22% | LEANIN | 6 | Self-help advice about which Michelle Obama said, “That shit doesn’t work all the time” |
| 22% | PLAGUE | 6 | "The ___," novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 which was inspired by the 1849 cholera epidemic |
| 22% | PROMISED | 8 | "A ___ Land," 2020 memoir by Barack Obama which was one of the bestselling books of the year |
| 22% | POINT | 5 | "Deception ___," 2001 novel by Dan Brown which follows a White House intelligence analyst |
| 21% | COME | 4 | "Kingdom ___," comic book miniseries published by DC Comics, which is set in the future |
| 21% | OBAMA | 5 | Becoming author Michelle |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | Michelle Obama (___ Robinson) |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | Michelle Obama, ___ Robinson |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | Michelle Obama __ Robinson |
| 21% | NEE | 3 | Michelle Obama ___ Robinson |
| 21% | DOW | 3 | Publishing company ___ Jones |
| 21% | KNOPF | 5 | Random House imprint |
| 21% | DREAMS | 6 | "___ from My Father," Barack Obama's autobiography which was republished when he became US President |