| 100% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who served as State Senator and U.S. Senator of 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 59% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 57% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |
| 55% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | American actor who served as the 40th President of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 50% | BADERGINSBURG | 13 | Ruth ___, women's rights icon who served as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who wrote "Dreams from My Father," 18-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | COLINPOWELL | 11 | Former US Secretary of State who's a Vietnam vet: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JAMESMADISON | 12 | US Secretary of State (and fourth president) who oversaw the Louisiana Purchase: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JOMO | 4 | ___ Kenyatta, Kenyan politician who served as the former Prime Minister and President of Kenya |
| 47% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALFRANKEN | 9 | Minnesota senator and former "SNL" writer who swears he's not running for President in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESMADISON | 12 | U.S. president who was the first to have served in the House of Representatives, the first to have an inaugural ball, and the first to wear long pants instead of knee breeches (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former US President who authored the book "The Audacity of Hope": 2 wds. |
| 45% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of Georgia: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of Arkansas: 2 wds. |
| 44% | NANCYPELOSI | 11 | Democratic congresswoman who served as Speaker of the House from 2007-2011 and 2019-2023: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 44% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of New Jersey: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALEXANDERHAIG | 13 | US Secretary of State who announced "I am in control here" after President Reagan was shot: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOSEPHRBIDEN | 12 | Former vice president who is the oldest person to be inaugurated as president of the United States (3 wds.) |
| 43% | JIMBUNNING | 10 | Nine-time MLB All-Star who served as U.S. representative and 21-Down from Kentucky from 1987 to 2011 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MAGICJOHNSON | 12 | NBA star and former president of LA Lakers who received an honorary degree from Xavier University of Louisiana: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AUDRELORDE | 10 | Former New York State Poet Laureate who wrote 5-Across, 16-Across, 48-Across, and 56-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | REAGAN | 6 | Ronald ___, former U.S. President who was selected as the "Time Person of the Year" in 1980 |
| 42% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "An American Life" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | President and War of 1812 hero, for whom Mississippi's capital is named: 2 wds. |
| 41% | HARRYSTRUMAN | 12 | Former U.S. president on five U.S. commemorative postage stamps who was appointed postmaster of Grandview, Missouri (3 wds.) |