| 100% | PATTYHEARST | 11 | Actress/heiress pardoned by Bill Clinton in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BRIGHAMYOUNG | 12 | Religious leader pardoned by James Buchanan in 1858: 2 wds. |
| 42% | INAUGURALPOET | 13 | What Bill Clinton invited 17-Across to serve as in January 1993: 2 wds. |
| 41% | VEGANDIET | 9 | Regimen adopted by Bill Clinton in 2010 |
| 41% | JACKJOHNSON | 11 | Heavyweight boxer posthumously pardoned by Donald Trump in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TEDTALK | 7 | Presentation by Bill Clinton in 2007 or Bill Gates in 2010 |
| 38% | ALGORE | 6 | Bill Clinton's vice president: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Bill Clinton's 1996 opponent: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEBRIDE | 8 | Sword wielder played by Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill": 2 wds. |
| 37% | DEREKJETER | 10 | Yankees player who hosted "Saturday Night Live" in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ECHOBURNING | 11 | 2001 novel by Lee Child in which Jack Reacher helps a woman named Carmen: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GABRIELLEREECE | 14 | Pro beach volleyball player who posed nude for Playboy in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TENORSAX | 8 | Instrument for John Coltrane and Bill Clinton: 2 wds. |
| 35% | NELSONMANDELA | 13 | South African president who became an honorary citizen of Canada in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 35% | YALELAW | 7 | Postgraduate school that Bill Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor attended: 2 wds. |
| 35% | UMA | 3 | Actress who killed Bill in "Kill Bill Volume 2" |
| 34% | KIRBYPUCKETT | 12 | Minnesota Twins outfielder who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | Longtime late-night host and former "SNL" writer who returned to host in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 34% | QUINCYJONES | 11 | "We Are the World" producer who received the French Legion of Honor medal in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | "Love Me Tender" singer who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LLEYTONHEWITT | 13 | Australian tennis player who became the youngest man to be ranked #1, at 20, in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HOWARDBORDEN | 12 | Bob's neighbor on "The Bob Newhart Show," played by Bill Daily: 2 wds. |
| 32% | AUDREYHEPBURN | 13 | Actress who appeared opposite Humphrey Bogart in "Sabrina": 2 wds. |
| 32% | INGRIDBERGMAN | 13 | Actress who appeared opposite Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca": 2 wds. |
| 32% | IRENEBEDARD | 11 | Actress who voiced the title role in "Pocahontas": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JIMTHORPE | 9 | The Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century, according to an ABC Wide World of Sports poll in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 32% | BOBDOLE | 7 | 1996 loser to Bill Clinton (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SHARONTATE | 10 | Actress played by 42-Across in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MRNOODLE | 8 | Clown played by Bill Irwin on "Sesame Street" (2 wds.) |