| 100% | MAYA | 4 | Angelou who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's first inauguration in '93 |
| 72% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Poet who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration: 2 wds. |
| 72% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Poet who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's first inauguration (2 wds.) |
| 72% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet Maya who read "On the Pulse of Morning" at Bill Clinton's first inauguration |
| 57% | ANGELOU | 7 | She recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at Clinton's first inauguration |
| 41% | PULSE | 5 | "On the ___ of Morning," poem written and read by Maya Angelou at Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration |
| 39% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who read at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration |
| 38% | MAYA | 4 | Poet Angelou who spoke at Bill Clinton's first inauguration |
| 38% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who read at Clinton's first inauguration |
| 37% | MARILYNHORNE | 12 | Opera singer who performed at Clinton's 1993 inauguration and received the National Medal of Arts in 1992: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NOONE | 5 | Who's on first, at the top of the inning |
| 34% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet who read an original piece at Clinton's first inauguration |
| 34% | BILL | 4 | President Clinton, who's the father of 18-Across |
| 34% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States who issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day in 1914: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JFK | 3 | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| 33% | MIA | 3 | Actress Farrow who was on the first cover of People magazine in 1974 |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | Donald Trump was indeed the greatest president in terms of this on Inauguration Day |
| 33% | DEB | 3 | Haaland who facilitated the first apology by a U.S. President for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at government boarding schools (October, 2024) |
| 32% | ANGELOU | 7 | "On the Pulse of Morning" poet |
| 32% | ALEC | 4 | Baldwin who was the first performer on screen in the current season of "Saturday Night Live" |
| 32% | ANGELOU | 7 | "On the Pulse of Morning" poet Maya |
| 32% | AMANDA | 6 | Poet Gorman who read at President Biden's inauguration |
| 32% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | "Always on My Mind" singer who won one of the first Grammy Legend Awards, in 1990: 2 wds. |
| 31% | YEAR | 4 | Reading on the dashboard of the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" |
| 31% | EDIE | 4 | First name of the actress who plays Tommy on CBS's "Tommy" |
| 31% | IKE | 3 | Nickname of the first U.S. president born in 7-Down |
| 31% | NIXON | 5 | U.S. president who becomes the president of future Earth on "Futurama" |
| 30% | KENNETHBRANAGH | 14 | "Death on the Nile" actor/director who directed the first of Marvel's "Thor" films (2 wds.) |
| 30% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 30% | VOICEPRINCE | 11 | The guy at Buckingham Palace who's in charge of identifying visitors through speech recognition? |