| 100% | CFO | 3 | Corp. exec who follows the money |
| 48% | LENO | 4 | One who follows the news |
| 48% | AMISH | 5 | People who follow the Ordnung |
| 48% | UNDERSTUDIES | 12 | Ones who follow the leads? |
| 47% | SHEEPLE | 7 | Easily influenced individuals who follow the crowd |
| 47% | TOTO | 4 | Dog who followed the yellow brick road |
| 46% | TAOIST | 6 | Person who follows the teachings of Lao-Tzu |
| 46% | MAGI | 4 | Wise men who followed the Star of Bethlehem |
| 45% | STOIC | 5 | One who follows the school of Zeno of Citium |
| 45% | CFO | 3 | Corp. money exec |
| 44% | SAMURAI | 7 | Warrior who follows "the way of the warrior" |
| 43% | LAD | 3 | Young man who follows the advice in 43-Down throughout this puzzle |
| 43% | CTO | 3 | Corp. exec who might have ties to Silicon Valley |
| 42% | CFO | 3 | Exec. who holds the purse strings |
| 42% | TOTO | 4 | Terrier who followed Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road |
| 41% | EIGHT | 5 | Pieces of ___ (old coins, and a double hint about how to follow the money) |
| 41% | AMISH | 5 | People who follow a set of rules called the Ordnung |
| 41% | XXXXXXX | 7 | Microsoft exec who led the first Xbox team |
| 41% | FINANCIER | 9 | Person who provides the money for a project |
| 40% | AFFILIATE | 9 | One who earns money on the links |
| 39% | ERTEGUN | 7 | Record exec who founded the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 39% | TAXPAYERS | 9 | Citizens who give money to the government annually |
| 39% | LEWCRANEOFARABIA | 16 | American oil exec who lives in the Middle East? (could be ... who knows) |
| 39% | ALOT | 4 | 2019 rap hit whose title follows the lyric "How much money you got?" |
| 36% | SUZEORMAN | 9 | Financial guru who wrote The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke |
| 35% | LENO | 4 | Comedian who followed Carson on "The Tonight Show" |
| 35% | QUEEN | 5 | "Royal" title for the leader of a hive, who is followed by 11a |
| 35% | LEADER | 6 | Follow the ___ |
| 35% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president who followed JFK |
| 35% | CONFORMERS | 10 | Those who usually just follow the crowd |