| 100% | CHIANG | 6 | __ Kai-Shek, led the KMT government on Taiwan |
| 37% | AHEAD | 5 | Leading on the scoreboard |
| 37% | AHEAD | 5 | Leading, on the scoreboard |
| 36% | KERENSKY | 8 | He led the Russian provisional government in 1917 |
| 35% | KERENSKY | 8 | Russian, led the provisional government (1917) |
| 35% | ZACK | 4 | Lead character on "Saved by the Bell" |
| 35% | EPRO | 4 | Lead single on the Beck album Guero |
| 35% | XIAMEN | 6 | City on the taiwan strait |
| 34% | TEVYE | 5 | ''Fiddler on the Roof'' lead role |
| 34% | BRODY | 5 | Lead character on the first three seasons of "Homeland" |
| 34% | TAIPEI | 6 | Capital city on the island of Taiwan |
| 34% | TAIPEI | 6 | Largest city on the island of Taiwan |
| 34% | TAXATION | 8 | Paying duties on income to the government |
| 34% | EPA | 3 | Org. that takes the lead on lead? |
| 33% | KERRY | 5 | Washington who plays the lead on "Scandal" |
| 33% | DOJO | 4 | The Cobra Kai on the series "Cobra Kai," e.g. |
| 33% | NSA | 3 | Government organization that Edward Snowden blew the whistle on: Abbr. |
| 33% | BONO | 4 | Lead singer on the songs "Mysterious Ways" and "Beautiful Day" |
| 33% | BONO | 4 | Lead singer on the 1987 hit "With or Without You" |
| 33% | MARKFOSTER | 10 | Lead singer on the 2010 hit “Pumped Up Kicks” [1984] |
| 33% | OUTOF | 5 | "___ the Woods," lead single on Taylor Swift's "1989" |
| 33% | TIN | 3 | It's above lead on the periodic table |
| 33% | HAMM | 4 | Jon who played the lead on "Mad Men" |
| 33% | FRONTFOOT | 9 | Describes the leading toes position on a snowboard |
| 33% | SOLIDARITY | 10 | Organisation of free trade unions in Poland that led the government in 1989 |
| 32% | GREATSEAL | 9 | Something the U.S. government keeps an eye on |
| 32% | TULLIVER | 8 | Maggie __, lead character in The Mill on the Floss |
| 32% | TWENTYSOMETHING | 15 | Like the lead characters on “Insecure” and “Broad City” |
| 32% | AXL | 3 | Rose who was the lead singer on "Paradise City" |
| 32% | GLADYSKNIGHT | 12 | Lead singer on the 1970s hit "Midnight Train to Georgia": 2 wds. |