| 100% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
| 68% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 65% | JAMES | 5 | ___ A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
| 65% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 65% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 47% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S. who had an unsuccessful oil and mining business |
| 41% | SLAVE | 5 | 27-Across was the last US president to own one while in Office |
| 41% | KENNEDY | 7 | Last name of last U.S. President to die in office |
| 37% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the USA |
| 37% | ITMEANSALOT | 11 | “That’s so nice of you” . . . and a literal description of the last word in 17-, 21-, 39-, or 57-Across |
| 37% | STOOGES | 7 | A very popular slapstick comedy group in the early to late 60's : Consisted of Moe, Shemp, Larry, Curly and Joe |
| 37% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 37% | QUIETQUITTING | 13 | Refusing to go above and beyond the demands of one’s job, in a late-capitalism coinage |
| 37% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 36% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 36% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 35% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | DEVIOUS | 7 | Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across |
| 34% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 34% | MIRREN | 6 | Only person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
| 34% | HARRY | 5 | ___ S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States who was also a skilled piano player |
| 34% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 34% | NEWDEAL | 7 | Name given to the domestic policies of US president Franklin D Roosevelt for economic and social reform during his first term of office |
| 34% | OVALOFFICE | 10 | Official office of the US president in the White House |
| 34% | 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.) |
| 33% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S —, president of the US from 1945-53 |
| 33% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the US president in office when Pearl Harbor was attacked |
| 33% | XXXXXXXXXXXX | 12 | Moves in the shape of A's, O's and U's at a disco? |
| 33% | EASTERNCOUGAR | 13 | A subspecies of puma from North America which was formally declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2018: 2 wds. |