| 100% | KRUPA | 5 | Gene dubbed the "Founding Father of the Modern Drum Set" by Modern Drummer |
| 73% | KRUPA | 5 | Gene who's considered "the founding father of the modern drum set" |
| 38% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Founding father of the Jewish religion |
| 36% | KARL | 4 | Mathematician Weierstrass dubbed the "father of modern analysis" |
| 36% | GEORGEPEABODY | 13 | 19th-century research library in Baltimore which was funded by the father of modern philanthropy: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MAO | 3 | ___ Zedong, founding father of the People's Republic of China |
| 34% | GALILEO | 7 | The Father of Modern Physics |
| 33% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Founding Father, second President of the US |
| 33% | DEISTS | 6 | Many of the Founding Fathers |
| 33% | EQUALITY | 8 | Philosophy of the Founding Fathers |
| 33% | DEISTS | 6 | Many of the founding fathers, religiously |
| 33% | OSLER | 5 | William ___, the Father of Modern Medicine |
| 33% | ANTOINE | 7 | ___ Lavoisier, the Father of Modern Chemistry |
| 32% | PERGAMON | 8 | Galen of __, dubbed the Father of Medicine |
| 32% | DEISM | 5 | Belief of many of the Founding Fathers |
| 32% | WIGS | 4 | What many of the founding fathers wore |
| 32% | GALILEO | 7 | Astronomer considered the father of modern science |
| 32% | JERUSALEM | 9 | Church of the New __, founded by Swedenborg |
| 32% | PEPIN | 5 | — the Short, father of Charlemagne and founder of the Carolingian dynasty |
| 32% | XXXX | 4 | Founding Father Stone, as he signed the Declaration of Independence |
| 32% | DESCARTES | 9 | He's called the Father of Modern Philosophy |
| 32% | DESCARTES | 9 | Frenchman known as the Father of Modern Philosophy |
| 32% | LENDL | 5 | Ivan sometimes called the father of modern tennis |
| 32% | ARIES | 5 | Source of the fleece found by 105 Across |
| 32% | AZUL | 4 | Brazilian airline launched by the founder of JetBlue |
| 32% | BEIRUT | 6 | Modern capital founded by the Phoenicians |
| 32% | ODIN | 4 | Father of Thor, played by Anthony Hopkins in the Marvel movies |
| 32% | MEDICINE | 8 | William Osler is known as the Father of Modern __ |
| 32% | KRUPA | 5 | Initial inductee in the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame |
| 32% | ANTOINE | 7 | ___ Lavoisier a.k.a. the Father of Modern Chemistry |