| 100% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 60% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Former First Daughter who wrote the memoir "Everything Beautiful in Its Time" (3 wds.) |
| 48% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Daughter of the 42nd president who wrote "She Persisted": 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | PATTI | 5 | With 40-Across, daughter of the 40th president who wrote "The Long Goodbye" |
| 37% | AISHATYLER | 10 | "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host who voices characters in the video games "Halo: Reach," "Gears of War 3," and "Watch Dogs" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote "The Audacity of Hope" in 2006 |
| 37% | ULYSSESSGRANT | 13 | 18th president who served in the US Army during the Civil War: 3 wds. |
| 37% | BETTYFORD | 9 | First Lady who wrote the 1978 memoir "The Times of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | Former US President who authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Profiles in Courage": 3 wds. |
| 35% | LYNDONBJOHNSON | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of John F. Kennedy in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TEY | 3 | Josephine who wrote "The Daughter of Time" |
| 35% | CALVINCOOLIDGE | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. President who awarded Rita Moreno the National Medal of Arts in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | "Sign of the Times" pop singer who released a self-titled #1 album in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | President who signed the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864, setting aside land for preservation for the first time: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALANALDA | 8 | Hawkeye Pierce portrayer who wrote, directed, and starred in the final episode of "M*A*S*H" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MEANJOEGREENE | 13 | Nickname of the Hall of Fame Steelers player who was in a memorable 1979 Coca-Cola ad: 3 wds. |
| 34% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado": 3 wds. |
| 34% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu": 3 wds. |
| 34% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ALICEWALTON | 11 | American heiress and daughter of Walmart founder who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds |
| 33% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Shannon: 3 wds. |
| 33% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 33% | NIGHTLIVE | 9 | "Saturday ___," American live variety show that is regarded as one of the best, and is in its 43rd season: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ADAMS | 5 | President who wrote, "Great is the guilt of unnecessary war" |
| 33% | SIMONPEGG | 9 | "Shaun of the Dead" star who left Twitter in 2014, saying it just wasn't for him: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |