| 100% | SES | 3 | Fed. gp. created by President Carter in '78, consisting of employees in positions just below top Presidential appointees (abbr.) |
| 28% | EAT | 3 | Bizarre film created by Andy Warhol in 1963 consisting of Robert Indiana consuming a mushroom for 45 minutes |
| 23% | JONASSALK | 9 | Virologist who developed the first successful polio vaccine and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977 (2 wds.) |
| 23% | AAA | 3 | Level of play in baseball just below the major leagues |
| 22% | DSCS | 4 | Army awards just below Medals of Honor: Abbr. |
| 22% | STAIRS | 6 | Below __, the position of servants in grand houses |
| 22% | FEMA | 4 | Org. created by Carter in 1979 |
| 22% | IMPLOSIVE | 9 | In phonetics, a consonant created by intake of air |
| 21% | LBJ | 3 | President played by Bryan Cranston in "All the Way": Abbr. |
| 21% | SCIENCES | 8 | National Academy of __, created by Lincoln in 1863 |
| 21% | CEO | 3 | Top position in a company: Abbr. |
| 21% | ALEMBIC | 7 | Distilling apparatus used in chemistry consisting of two vessels connected by a tube |
| 21% | YRS | 3 | A presidential term consists of four of them: Abbr. |
| 21% | DALEK | 5 | Member of race created by Davros in Doctor Who |
| 21% | BBC | 3 | Largest television network in the world, by number of employees |
| 21% | BBC | 3 | Largest TV network in the world, by number of employees |
| 21% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president played by Tom Wilkinson in "Selma" |
| 21% | CEOS | 4 | Employees at the tops of org charts: Abbr. |
| 21% | ANTHONYFAUCI | 12 | Medical advisor to every president since Ronald Reagan who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George W. Bush in 2008 (2 wds.) |
| 20% | HIIT | 4 | Workout that consists of a strenuous exercise followed by a recovery period: Abbr. |
| 20% | RTE | 3 | One of just 12 in Alaska: Abbr. |
| 20% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | Marine biologist posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter |
| 20% | LBJ | 3 | Initials of the president played by Bryan Cranston in "All the Way" |
| 20% | BTW | 3 | "I just thought of something," in a text conversation: Abbr. |
| 20% | GOV | 3 | Top elected official in any of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 20% | TAM | 3 | Abbr. for the see-through human model used for medical instruction and originally created by Richard Rush in 1968 |
| 20% | IAMBUS | 6 | In poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable |
| 20% | TENCIENTS | 9 | Total value of the symbols created by the special crossings in this puzzle |
| 20% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president played by Bill Murray in "Hyde Park on Hudson" |
| 20% | MVP | 3 | Award won by a top contributor in sports: Abbr. |