| 100% | SKINNER | 7 | B F —, US behavioural psychologist who devised a box for studying the learning capacity of animals |
| 29% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F. ___, US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| 26% | NESS | 4 | Crime fighter for whom the atrium of the A.T.F. headquarters is named |
| 26% | 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) |
| 26% | JODIEFOSTER | 11 | Actress who won a Golden Globe for "The Silence of the Lambs" and won their Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 25% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who won a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Award for the audiobook of "Dreams from My Father" |
| 25% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 25% | BROCA | 5 | Scientist for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 25% | LONDON | 6 | The University of ___, institute where Nelson Mandela studied for a Bachelor of Laws |
| 25% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 25% | MCPHEE | 6 | John who won a Pulitzer for “Annals of the Former World” |
| 25% | THOR | 4 | Norse god for whom a day of the week is named |
| 25% | BROCA | 5 | French physician for whom a part of the brain is named |
| 25% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 25% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 24% | MERCATOR | 8 | Flemish cartographer who coined the term “atlas” for a book of maps |
| 24% | ERIES | 5 | Members of the Iroquoian people for whom a Great Lake is named |
| 24% | ONEAL | 5 | Actress Tatum who holds the record for youngest winner of a competitive Oscar |
| 24% | QUEEN | 5 | "Royal" title for the leader of a hive, who is followed by 11a |
| 24% | BIDEN | 5 | Recipient of the most votes ever cast for a U.S. presidential candidate |
| 24% | WAR | 3 | "___ of the Worlds," 2005 movie about a dockworker surviving aliens who abduct humans for resources |
| 24% | CALF | 4 | Center of a Venn diagram for "Baby animals" and "Parts of the human body" |
| 24% | LAM | 3 | Word for "flee" that's a homophone of the name of a fleeced animal |
| 24% | DINO | 4 | Short for a massive prehistoric animal, also the name of the Flinstones' pet Snorkasaurus |
| 24% | PATINA | 6 | Miller who won a Tony for her performance in the 2013 revival of “Pippin” |
| 24% | HAYES | 5 | "First Lady of the American Theatre" Helen, for whom a Broadway theater is named |
| 24% | MCPHEE | 6 | Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" |
| 24% | SKINNING | 8 | Removing the outer layer of a dead animal for food |
| 24% | NOONE | 5 | Who can get in the way of what Alicia Keys feels for you, in a 2007 hit |
| 24% | SHOW | 4 | Another word for a binge-worthy series that may remind you of the "idiot box" |