| 100% | KANYEWEST | 9 | About whom Obama said "He is a jackass. But he's talented" |
| 52% | DYLAN | 5 | About whom Obama said "There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music" |
| 41% | GETBACK | 7 | Beatles hit about "a man who thought he was a loner" |
| 41% | DIANEARBUS | 10 | Who said "A photograph is a secret about a secret" |
| 40% | JUSTICEGINSBURG | 15 | Subject of this puzzle, who once said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 39% | LOLITA | 6 | About whom Nabokov said "She was like the composition of a beautiful puzzle - its composition and its solution at the same time" |
| 39% | MAO | 3 | He who said "A revolution is not a dinner party" |
| 38% | ASLAN | 5 | About whom Mr. Beaver says "He's wild, you know. Not like a tame lion." |
| 38% | RBG | 3 | Initials of the person who said "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you" |
| 38% | MAE | 3 | West who said, "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution" |
| 37% | DALI | 4 | Surrealist who claimed that he had never taken drugs but that he himself was a drug |
| 37% | REGAN | 5 | Character who said about her father, "Yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself" |
| 37% | RYANLOCHTE | 10 | American swimmer who lost Speedo USA as a sponsor after he lied about being robbed at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JOYCE | 5 | Writer whose wife said he's a "genius, but what a dirty mind he has" |
| 36% | ELIZABETH | 9 | ___ Bennet, heroine from "Pride and Prejudice" who said "He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal." |
| 36% | TRINCULO | 8 | Jester in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" who is said to be a coward |
| 36% | TYSON | 5 | He said about an opponent "My main objective is to be professional but to kill him" |
| 36% | PAINE | 5 | Patriot who said "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil" |
| 36% | TARZAN | 6 | One who might say "Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!"? |
| 36% | PAINE | 5 | Patriot who said "Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice" |
| 35% | CARLYSIMON | 10 | Frequent collaborator of 42-Across who has said her song "You're So Vain" is not about him (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MRROGERS | 8 | He said ''Appreciation is a holy thing'' |
| 34% | ATTLEE | 6 | About whom Churchill purportedly said "A modest man who has much to be modest about" |
| 34% | IAN | 3 | McKellen who once said, “Some fan attention is odd, but no odder than a cereal box with me as Magneto on it” |
| 34% | BLOW | 4 | NYT columnist Charles who tweeted "This debate is a mess" about last week's Charleston Democratic candidates' event |
| 34% | MILNE | 5 | Children's author who wrote "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day" |
| 34% | PRYOR | 5 | Comedian Richard who wrote "What I'm saying might be profane, but it's also profound" |
| 34% | FRASIER | 7 | Titular sitcom character who says, about an enemy, "Charm is the vicious grease with which he oils his flim-flam machine" |
| 33% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument Ogden Nash referred to when he said, "... reeds are a pain / And the fingering's insane" |
| 33% | SCAM | 4 | A call saying "We are trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty," e.g. |