| 100% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 63% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 62% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 43% | HENRYCAVILL | 11 | Actor known for playing a DC superhero who will be seen in the new "Mission: Impossible" film: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JAMESMONROE | 11 | US president (1817-1825) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | US president (1861-1865) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | US president (1945-1953) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | US president who killed a man in a duel more than 20 years before taking office: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 39% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | Musically inclined 20th-century US president who was in his law school's glee club: 2 wds. |
| 39% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F. ___, US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| 39% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th US president who published "Why Not the Best?" in 1976, for his presidential campaign: 2 wds. |
| 37% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president featured on postage stamps in both 2005 and 2011: 2 wds. |
| 36% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who was inaugurated in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | US president who coauthored 2018's "The President Is Missing" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JAMESGARFIELD | 13 | 20th US president who campaigned in both English and German: 2 wds. |
| 35% | VANBUREN | 8 | Eighth US president (1837-1841), who unsuccessfully ran again in 1844 and 1848: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HERBERTHOOVER | 13 | 31st US president who would chat with his wife in Mandarin Chinese: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | US president who got a speeding ticket while driving his horse and buggy in Washington: 3 wds. |
| 34% | LOUISELASSER | 12 | "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" actress who was also in "Requiem for a Dream": 2 wds. |
| 34% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | 36th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | 37th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GEORGEBUSH | 10 | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| 33% | OHENRY | 6 | Short-story writer for whom a literary prize is named (2 wds.) |
| 33% | JAMESBEARD | 10 | Chef and cookbook writer for whom a culinary award is named (2 wds.) |
| 33% | NICHOLASBROWN | 13 | Man for whom a Rhode Island Ivy League school is named, who shares his first name with "Nosferatu" actor Hoult: 2 wds. |
| 33% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 33% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 33% | JOHNHARVARD | 11 | Man for whom a Massachusetts Ivy League school is named, who shares his first name with "A Quiet Place" actor Krasinski: 2 wds. |