| 100% | SOVIET | 6 | Description of anything, anyone from former USSR |
| 35% | EXPO | 4 | Member of a former ball club from Montreal |
| 34% | EXPO | 4 | Member of the former major league baseball team from Montreal |
| 34% | YAO | 3 | First name of former Houston Rockets player from China, ___ Ming |
| 33% | BOHEMIA | 7 | Former kingdom of central Europe that belonged to the Hapsburgs from 1526-1918 |
| 33% | GROMYKO | 7 | Andrei —, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR from 1957-85 |
| 33% | SELIG | 5 | Bud, Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball and former Commissioner from 1998-2015 |
| 32% | PETEROSE | 8 | Former Reds player who's banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 32% | DESBROWNE | 9 | Former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 |
| 32% | SHORT | 5 | Clare —, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 |
| 32% | WOODWARD | 8 | Shaun —, former Labour MP; Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2007-10 |
| 32% | CABLE | 5 | Vince —, former MP for Twickenham; Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017-19 |
| 31% | JOHN | 4 | ___ McCain, former senator from Arizona who cameoed in an episode of "Parks and Recreation" |
| 31% | TERRAIN | 7 | Description of land |
| 30% | FOYT | 4 | Former racing driver from America, A.J. ___ who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1967 |
| 30% | GENESTALLINGS | 13 | Former NFL coach who coached the University of Alabama football team from 1990 to 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | LAURABUSH | 9 | Former Girl Scout who was First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | Former Girl Scout who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 (2 wds.) |
| 30% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Sculley, former president of PepsiCo who was the CEO of Apple from 1983 to 1993 |
| 30% | BROWNE | 6 | Des —, former MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun; Secretary of State for Defence from 2006-08 |
| 30% | SACHIN | 6 | ___ Tendulkar, former cricketer from India who also served as the captain of the national team |
| 30% | IDYL | 4 | Description of rustic life |
| 30% | POOR | 4 | Description of 15-Down |
| 30% | JOLLY | 5 | Description of St. Nick |
| 30% | PALEHAIRYMASS | 13 | Description of a yeti? |
| 30% | RAINY | 5 | Description of wet weather |
| 30% | ARTISTIC | 8 | Description of creative types |
| 30% | RECAP | 5 | Description of what happened |
| 30% | DEREKBELL | 9 | Former racing driver from Britain who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times: 2 wds. |
| 30% | TOMKRISTENSEN | 13 | Former racing driver from Denmark who has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times: 2 wds. |