| 100% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 80% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 78% | JAMES | 5 | ___ A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
| 78% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 75% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
| 56% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 46% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the United States who enjoyed playing the harmonica and carried one in his pocket |
| 45% | NEWDEAL | 7 | Name given to the domestic policies of US president Franklin D Roosevelt for economic and social reform during his first term of office |
| 45% | JAMESMADISON | 12 | U.S. president who was the first to have served in the House of Representatives, the first to have an inaugural ball, and the first to wear long pants instead of knee breeches (2 wds.) |
| 44% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 44% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the US |
| 42% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 42% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 41% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | The 28th US President and leader of the progressive movement was the first attend a world series |
| 40% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | KENNEDY | 7 | Last name of last U.S. President to die in office |
| 39% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 39% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 39% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the first U.S. president born in 7-Down |
| 39% | ELMO | 4 | Saint ___ Brady, first African American in the US to obtain a Ph.D. degree in chemistry (University of Illinois, 1916) |
| 39% | NIXON | 5 | First US president to visit China while in office |
| 39% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 39% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 38% | SECRET | 6 | With 46-Across, some areas in Clue … or a hint to the first, fourth, twelfth and fifteenth rows of this puzzle |
| 38% | HAYES | 5 | First president to have a telephone in the White House |
| 38% | MIRREN | 6 | Only person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
| 38% | BIDEN | 5 | First Catholic vice president of the U.S. |
| 38% | REAGAN | 6 | First U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 38% | FILLMORE | 8 | First president to have a stove in the White House (1850s) |