| 100% | DIDO | 4 | Founder and first queen of Carthage |
| 64% | DIDO | 4 | First queen of Carthage |
| 63% | DIDO | 4 | Legendary queen and founder of Carthage |
| 58% | AUGUSTUS | 8 | Founder and first emperor of the Roman empire |
| 55% | SAMUELGOMPERS | 13 | Founder and first president of the American Federation of Labor: 2 wds. |
| 53% | NKRUMAH | 7 | Kwame __, founder and first president of Ghana |
| 49% | DIDO | 4 | Queen of Carthage |
| 47% | DIDO | 4 | Queen of Carthage, in myth |
| 47% | ANNE | 4 | First queen of Great Britain |
| 46% | DIDO | 4 | Queen of Carthage who loved Aeneas |
| 46% | DIDO | 4 | Mythical queen of Carthage |
| 46% | DIDO | 4 | Legendary queen of Carthage |
| 46% | LINACRE | 7 | Thomas —, chief founder and first president of the Royal College of Physicians in London |
| 44% | FITT | 4 | Gerry —, co-founder and first leader in 1970 of the SDLP in Northern Ireland |
| 44% | ADAM | 4 | ... and first of all |
| 43% | ASA | 3 | ___ Philip Randolph, civil rights activist and founder of the first AFL-chartered African American-led labor union |
| 43% | STE | 3 | ___ Genevieve, founded about 1735 and believed to be the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi |
| 43% | CHAKAKHAN | 9 | Queen of Funk and Rufus vocalist |
| 43% | HERBGARDEN | 10 | Where the first words of 17-, 26- and 47-Across may be found |
| 42% | SHEBA | 5 | Queen of __, powerful and exotic biblical ruler |
| 42% | DIDO | 4 | Founder of Carthage |
| 42% | HECUBA | 6 | Queen of Troy, mother of Hector and Paris |
| 42% | JEFFBEZOS | 9 | Founder and former CEO of Amazon |
| 41% | ROYAL | 5 | Of kings and queens |
| 41% | ROYAL | 5 | Of queens and kings |
| 41% | MADONNA | 7 | Queen of Pop and singer of Like a Prayer |
| 41% | HERA | 4 | Queen of the Olympian gods and wife of Zeus |
| 41% | ANNE | 4 | Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702-14 |
| 41% | BATUKHAN | 8 | Golden Horde founder and grandson of Genghis |
| 41% | DIDO | 4 | Founder of Carthage, in myth |