| 100% | WALTERS | 7 | Barbara who coanchored "ABC Evening News' from 1976 to 1978 and cohosts "The View" |
| 38% | BARBARAWALTERS | 14 | Journalist who created "The View" and cohosted from 1997 to 2014: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ZUBINMEHTA | 10 | Indian-born conductor who led the New York Philharmonic from 1978 to 1991: 2 wds. |
| 34% | DAN | 3 | Rather who anchored "CBS Evening News" from 1981 to 2005 |
| 33% | KURTRUSSELL | 11 | "Escape from New York" actor who played Elvis Presley in the TV film "Elvis" and an Elvis impersonator in "3000 Miles to Graceland" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CLINTON | 7 | Hillary ___, politician and icon who was the first female senator from New York |
| 31% | PETER | 5 | Jennings who anchored ABC's "World News Tonight" from 1983 to 2005 |
| 30% | JAKE | 4 | ___ Harper, character from the series "Two and a Half Men" who qualifies to be a couch potato |
| 30% | EDDIEREDMAYNE | 13 | British actor who stars in the new movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 2 wds. |
| 29% | JUSTINPUGH | 10 | New York Giants offensive lineman who was shifted into the position from offensive tackle and excelled in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 29% | GRACEPALEY | 10 | Author and activist who wrote, “It is the poet’s responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless” |
| 29% | PETERARNO | 9 | The New Yorker cartoonist who contributed 99 covers from 1925-69 and was once described as "the magazine's first genius" |
| 29% | THEPOWEROFLOVE | 14 | Huey Lewis and the News's first #1 hit, from 1985's "Back to the Future" soundtrack: 4 wds. |
| 29% | HER | 3 | "Listen to ___ Heart," 1978 song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the album "You're Gonna Get It!" |
| 29% | TOOTHLESS | 9 | Dragon from the 2010 film "How to Train Your Dragon" who is voiced by Randy Thom and Al Nelson |
| 28% | SHERRI | 6 | Shepherd who cohosted The View |
| 28% | DANRATHER | 9 | CBS Evening News anchor from 1981 to 2005 |
| 27% | OVERNIGHT | 9 | From one evening to the next morning |
| 27% | SAMS | 4 | Donaldson who once worked for ABC News and Elliott who starred in "The Hero" |
| 27% | DANRATHER | 9 | "CBS Evening News" anchor from 1981 to 2005 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | AWAITS | 6 | "She ___ news from the company she applied to." (is expecting) |
| 27% | NAMATH | 6 | Quarterback Joe who led the Jets from 1965 to 1976 |
| 27% | GENERALHOSPITAL | 15 | ABC soap opera from 1963 to the present |
| 27% | LORDE | 5 | Singer from New Zealand who was the youngest solo artist to achieve a number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 since 1987 |
| 27% | NORAHODONNELL | 13 | "CBS Evening News" anchor from 2019 to November 2024: 2 wds. |
| 27% | LAKEERIE | 8 | View from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 27% | ROSETYLER | 9 | The companion to the 9th and 10th Doctor Who |
| 27% | OBAMA | 5 | Who nominated Sotomayor and Kagan to the Supreme Court |
| 27% | LEASH | 5 | Need to and from the dog park |
| 27% | NICK | 4 | ___ Miller from "New Girl" who proposes to Jess Day while "Dirty Dancing" plays in the background |