| 100% | MARON | 5 | Comedian Marc who recorded a memorable podcast with President Obama |
| 51% | MARON | 5 | Comedian Marc who interviewed President Obama on his podcast |
| 33% | TYLER | 5 | President with a record 15 children |
| 31% | SAHL | 4 | Comedian Mort who often brought a newspaper with him onstage |
| 31% | FLOYDMAYWEATHER | 15 | Boxer who retired with a 50-0 record |
| 30% | LAILAALI | 8 | Boxer who retired with a perfect record in 2007 |
| 30% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Laila who retired with a 24-0 record |
| 30% | LAILA | 5 | Boxer Ali who retired with a perfect 24-0 record |
| 29% | STEVE | 5 | With 48-Across, "60 Minutes" correspondent who scored Obama's last TV interview as president |
| 28% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 27% | BEYONCE | 7 | Artist who set a Grammy record with her thirty-second win (February, 2023) |
| 27% | ALBUM | 5 | Record a pound with hesitation |
| 27% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who has been listed on the TIME 100 a record 11 times (2 wds.) |
| 27% | CHALKED | 7 | Recorded a score, with "up" |
| 27% | CHALKED | 7 | Recorded a score, with “up” |
| 26% | LINC | 4 | Nickname for someone who shares a name with the 16th president |
| 26% | ENO | 3 | Record producer who published the diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices" |
| 26% | LEEDS | 5 | British city where The Who recorded a live album |
| 26% | SINATRA | 7 | Frank who recorded a 1954 version of 63-Across |
| 26% | VIN | 3 | ___ Scully, American sportscaster who holds the record for the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team |
| 26% | MERYLSTREEP | 11 | Actress with a record 21 Oscar nominations who turned 75 years old on June 22, 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | NOELFIELDING | 12 | Comedian/actor who has been a co-presenter of "The Great British Bake Off" with 40-Across since 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | USG | 3 | Monogram of a future president who fortuitously declined President Lincoln's invitation to attend Ford's Theater with him |
| 26% | DEREKHOUGH | 10 | "Dancing With the Stars" judge who's won the show a record six times as a dancer: 2 wds. |
| 25% | OBAMA | 5 | President with a Nobel |
| 25% | BARACK | 6 | ___ Obama, 44th U.S. President who has different species of animals, including a Cuban spider and sea slug, named after him |
| 25% | SAHL | 4 | Comic who recorded a classic 1960s album at the hungry i |
| 25% | JOHNWOODEN | 10 | UCLA basketball coach with a record 10 NCAA titles who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 25% | BARTOLOCOLON | 12 | Dominican pitcher who, last August, set the record for most wins by a Latin American pitcher with 246: 2 wds. |
| 25% | MARON | 5 | Comedian and podcast host Marc |