| 100% | ELVIS | 5 | First rock star to appear on a U.S. stamp |
| 55% | WASHINGTON | 10 | First president to appear on a stamp |
| 50% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis star on a U.S. stamp |
| 45% | ASHE | 4 | Arthur on a U.S. stamp |
| 45% | REAGAN | 6 | First U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 43% | RETTON | 6 | First woman to appear on the front of a Wheaties box |
| 42% | IFILL | 5 | Journalist Gwen honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2020 |
| 40% | SINATRA | 7 | Singer honored on a 2008 U.S. postage stamp |
| 40% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya honored on a 2015 U.S. postage stamp |
| 40% | TITO | 4 | Puente featured on a 2011 U.S. postage stamp |
| 40% | MIDDLEC | 7 | First note learned on the piano, and a homophonic hint to the starred answers |
| 40% | MORRISON | 8 | Novelist Toni honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp |
| 39% | EBERT | 5 | First movie critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 39% | SHAKINA | 7 | First trans person to star in a US network sitcom: Nayfack of "Connecting" |
| 39% | WILLACATHER | 11 | "My Ántonia" novelist who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine |
| 39% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a president |
| 39% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete on a 2005 U.S. stamp |
| 39% | FIFTY | 5 | Count of stars on a U.S. flag |
| 38% | STATE | 5 | What a star on a U.S. flag represents |
| 38% | YALE | 4 | First U.S. university to award a Ph.D. |
| 38% | AHN | 3 | Philip ___, first Asian-American film actor to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 38% | MICHAELLANDON | 13 | Only star to appear on three consecutive TV Guide covers (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DETROIT | 7 | First U.S. city to pave a road for cars |
| 38% | WINSLOWHOMER | 12 | American artist whose painting "The Fog Warning" was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | GEORGIAOKEEFFE | 14 | American artist whose painting "Red Poppy, 1927" was featured on a U.S. postage stamp in 1996 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ASHE | 4 | U.S. tennis legend on a 37¢ stamp |
| 37% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a real person’s image |
| 37% | PALIN | 5 | First Alaskan on a major U.S. party ticket |
| 37% | EBERT | 5 | The first film critic to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |