| 100% | ART | 3 | Bartlett, born in Glens Falls, NY, who co-founded the Century 21 Real Estate franchise in 1971 |
| 29% | BRUCE | 5 | ___ Lee, legendary martial artist who was born in the fall month of November |
| 27% | PHNOMPENH | 9 | Asian capital named after the woman who supposedly founded it in the fourteenth century |
| 27% | ELIHU | 5 | Politician ___ Washburne of the 19th century, who was prominent in founding the Republican Party |
| 27% | ELIA | 4 | Director Kazan who co-founded the Actors Studio in 1947 |
| 26% | MOAT | 4 | John —, poet and novelist who co-founded the Arvon Foundation in 1968 |
| 25% | PAPA | 4 | ___ Bear, patriarch of the Three Bears in a popular fairy tale who was part of the Crime Family in the "Shrek" franchise |
| 25% | GRESHAM | 7 | Sir Thomas —, 16th-century financier who founded the Royal Exchange in London |
| 25% | MASSACRES | 9 | Real estate in the Bay State? |
| 25% | WILLIAMPENN | 11 | English-born Quaker who founded the city of Philadelphia in 1682 (2 wds.) |
| 25% | RIPLEY | 6 | Cartoonist Robert ___ who founded the franchise which deals in bizarre events and items one may or may not be able to believe |
| 25% | FIFIDORSAY | 10 | *Actress who sang "Ah, Paris!" in the 1971 production of "Follies" |
| 25% | ASSET | 5 | Real estate or money in the bank |
| 24% | CHU | 3 | Physicist who co-won the Nobel in 1997 |
| 24% | GAIL | 4 | Borden who founded the Borden Co. |
| 24% | BDRM | 4 | Abbr. in the real estate section |
| 24% | SELLERSREMORSE | 14 | Regrets in the real estate business |
| 24% | CHAD | 4 | Astronomer Trujillo, who co-discovered the dwarf planet Eris in 2005 |
| 24% | ELAYNE | 6 | Timpanist Jones who co-founded the racially integrated Symphony of the New World, which performed its première concert in 1965 |
| 24% | DDE | 3 | Last pres. born in the 19th century |
| 24% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who founded the Academy in Athens |
| 24% | LOTT | 4 | Felicity —, soprano born in Cheltenham in 1947 who debuted at the English National Opera in 1975 |
| 24% | NIKKISIXX | 9 | Mötley Crüe co-founder who wrote the 2021 memoir "The First 21" (2 wds.) |
| 24% | TONE | 4 | Wolfe —, co-founder of the Society of the United Irishmen who died in 1798 |
| 24% | MARK | 4 | ___ Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook who was Time "Person of the Year" in 2010 |
| 23% | YANG | 4 | Andrew who founded the Forward Party in 2021 |
| 23% | DONEN | 5 | Stanley who co-directed "Singin' in the Rain" |
| 23% | SNAPPY | 6 | ___ Gifts, co. founded in 2015 which last year was listed in Forbes as one of the 10 Most Promising Young Israeli Startups in NY |
| 23% | DALTREY | 7 | The Who co-founder |