| 100% | JEDGAR | 6 | 2011 biopic about an F.B.I. director |
| 52% | TENYEAR | 7 | Like an F.B.I. director's term |
| 41% | COMEY | 5 | F.B.I. director James |
| 40% | FREEH | 5 | F.B.I. director after Sessions |
| 40% | FREEH | 5 | F.B.I. director appointed by Clinton |
| 40% | COMEY | 5 | F.B.I. director appointed by Obama |
| 40% | AKA | 3 | Letters in an F.B.I. file |
| 40% | AKA | 3 | Letters on an F.B.I. list |
| 39% | GANDHI | 6 | 1982 Ben Kingsley biopic about an Indian leader |
| 39% | COMEY | 5 | Former F.B.I. director James |
| 39% | ELEM | 4 | F, B, or I |
| 39% | CAPOTE | 6 | 2005 Philip Seymour Hoffman biopic about an American writer |
| 38% | HOOVERSION | 10 | F.B.I. director's side of the story? |
| 38% | GMANOVERBOARD | 13 | Cry for help on an F.B.I. cruise? |
| 38% | EDGAR | 5 | Former F.B.I. director J. ___ Hoover |
| 38% | WRAY | 4 | Christopher ___, F.B.I. director appointed by Trump |
| 37% | MUELLER | 7 | Robert ___, F.B.I. director from 2001 to 2013 |
| 36% | THEELEPHANTMAN | 14 | 1980 David Lynch biopic about an 1800s Londoner with physical deformities: 3 wds. |
| 35% | AUNITEDKINGDOM | 14 | 2016 biopic about an African monarch starring Rosamund Pike and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 35% | NORM | 4 | An I.Q. of about 100, e.g. |
| 35% | CHAPLIN | 7 | 1992 biopic about an early film star starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role |
| 34% | QUEENOFKATWE | 12 | 2016 biopic about an African chess master starring Lupita Nyong'o and 45-Across (3 wds.) |
| 34% | MCCABE | 6 | Andrew who became the acting F.B.I. director after James Comey was fired |
| 33% | INT | 3 | Info for an I.R.S. Sched. B |
| 33% | SPIKEHEALS | 10 | Headline about director Lee's recovery from an injury? |
| 31% | FAS | 3 | B-flats in an F major scale |
| 31% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about an A.I. crush |
| 31% | LETTERS | 7 | a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l... |
| 30% | JAMES | 5 | With 6-Across, director of the F.B.I. |
| 30% | HATE | 4 | "10 Things I ___ About You" (1999 teen rom-com with an ensemble cast) |