| 100% | OED | 3 | Ammon Shea’s “Reading the ___: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages” (book hailed by the Times as “the ‘Super Size Me’ of lexicography”) |
| 43% | OED | 3 | "Reading the ___: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages" (2008 book) |
| 30% | ARAFAT | 6 | Co-designee as Time's 1993 Man of the Year |
| 28% | SUMMER | 6 | I'm the time of year for spending days by the pool or at the beach |
| 28% | THEPROPHET | 10 | Classic mystical work by 28-Across that's one of the best-selling books of all time (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SADAT | 5 | Time's 1977 Man of the Year |
| 27% | MAHATMAGANDHI | 13 | Time's 1930 Man of the Year |
| 27% | WALESA | 6 | Time's 1981 Man of the Year |
| 26% | MLKJR | 5 | Time's 1963 Man of the Year, informally |
| 26% | SADAT | 5 | Time's Man of the Year for 1977 |
| 26% | BONO | 4 | I am a member of U2 and was named one of the Time Persons of the Year in 2005 for my philanthropic efforts |
| 26% | DENG | 4 | Time's Man of the Year for 1978 and 1985 |
| 26% | PROMISED | 8 | "A ___ Land," 2020 memoir by Barack Obama which was one of the bestselling books of the year |
| 26% | WICCANS | 7 | Ones reading the Book of Shadows |
| 26% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | The story of one person's life as told by another |
| 25% | AMAL | 4 | Clooney who was one of Time’s 2022 Women of the Year |
| 25% | ELON | 4 | Volodymyr 's predecessor as Time's Person of the Year |
| 25% | LAINEYWILSON | 12 | "Things a Man Oughta Know" singer chosen as one of six 2022 CMT Artists of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 25% | PEOPLE | 6 | "How to Win Friends and Influence ___," self-help book written by Dale Carnegie which is one of the best-selling books of all time |
| 25% | SEE | 3 | "As far as I can ___" (to the best of one's understanding) |
| 25% | SIRICA | 6 | Judge John who was Time's 1973 Man of the Year |
| 25% | DAVIDHO | 7 | AIDS researcher who was Time's 1996 Man of the Year |
| 25% | SADAT | 5 | World leader who was Time magazine's 1977 Man of the Year |
| 25% | METOO | 5 | Movement spearheaded by Time's 2017 People of the Year "Silence Breakers" |
| 25% | NEED | 4 | "All the Man That I ___," number-one hit single by Whitney Houston that is a cover of Linda Clifford's version |
| 25% | OLDE | 4 | Seattle's "Ye ___ Curiosity Shop", once named by the Seattle Star in 1933 as one of the "Seven Wonders of Seattle" |
| 25% | SPRING | 6 | I'm the time of year for cleaning and picnics |
| 25% | DVI | 3 | The year known at the time as the "Year of the Consulship of Messala and Dagalaiphus", to Latin speakers |
| 24% | BONO | 4 | U2 singer who was one of Time's 2005 Persons of the Year |
| 24% | BONO | 4 | Musician who was one of Time magazine's 2005 People of the Year |