| 100% | GRAMSCI | 7 | Antonio —, a founder of the Italian Communist Party in 1921 |
| 64% | HOXHA | 5 | Enver —, a founder of the Albanian Communist party in 1941 |
| 64% | HOXHA | 5 | Enver -, a founder of the Albanian Communist party in 1941 |
| 46% | OLCOTT | 6 | Henry Steel —, a founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875 |
| 43% | LITIGANT | 8 | One of the parties in a lawsuit |
| 42% | BUTHELEZI | 9 | Mangosouthu —, founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party in South Africa |
| 40% | SIKH | 4 | A member of an Indian religion founded in the 16th century |
| 40% | LONGU | 5 | What's found in the center of a prune? |
| 40% | MEIR | 4 | A founder of the state of Israel |
| 40% | ELIHU | 5 | Politician ___ Washburne of the 19th century, who was prominent in founding the Republican Party |
| 40% | ESCROW | 6 | A bond or deed kept in the custody of a third party |
| 40% | SATAN | 5 | Evil-sounding genus of the widemouth blindcat, found in caves in the San Antonio area |
| 39% | KOI | 3 | A kind of pond, named after the ornamental fish found in said pond |
| 39% | ATM | 3 | It might be found in the corner of a corner store |
| 39% | PEROT | 5 | Founder of the Reform Party |
| 38% | PYRENEANIBEX | 12 | A subspecies of the Iberian wild goat, found in Spain and Southern France which went extinct in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ROSSETTI | 8 | Artist who was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelites |
| 38% | BENJAMIN | 8 | With 46-Across, a founder of the United States |
| 38% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers in America [1736] |
| 38% | AMBERGRIS | 9 | “An essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale!” per “Moby-Dick” |
| 38% | ANNLEE | 6 | Founder of the Shakers, in the U.S. |
| 38% | CHAR | 4 | One in on the founding of a company |
| 38% | NOLAN | 5 | David ___, founder of the Libertarian Party |
| 37% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 37% | GIANT | 5 | The ___ Spheres of Costa Rica, archaeological stone sculptures found in Diquis Delta region whose purpose remains a mystery |
| 37% | OHS | 3 | Cries of surprise ... with a hint to all the non-Y vowels found in this puzzle |
| 37% | XENOPHANES | 10 | Greek poet and philosopher regarded as a founder of the Eleatic School |
| 37% | KUBLAI | 6 | __ Khan; founder of the Yuan Dynasty in China |
| 36% | WOOLWICH | 8 | District in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, where Henry VIII founded a naval dockyard in 1512 |