| 100% | TENORSAX | 8 | Instrument for John Coltrane and Bill Clinton: 2 wds. |
| 55% | TENORSAXOPHONES | 15 | Instruments for John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins |
| 45% | TENORSAXOPHONE | 14 | Instrument for John Coltrane |
| 45% | YALELAW | 7 | Postgraduate school that Bill Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor attended: 2 wds. |
| 40% | SAX | 3 | Instrument for Bill Clinton, informally |
| 40% | SAX | 3 | John Coltrane's instrument, for short |
| 40% | SAX | 3 | Bill Clinton's instrument, for short |
| 39% | SAX | 3 | Bill Clinton's musical instrument, for short |
| 39% | ALGORE | 6 | Bill Clinton's vice president: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Bill Clinton's 1996 opponent: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ARKANSANS | 9 | Bill Clinton and Billy Bob Thornton, for two |
| 38% | TOYPIANOS | 9 | Keyboard instruments for kids: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PATTYHEARST | 11 | Actress/heiress pardoned by Bill Clinton in 2001: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ISWEAR | 6 | 1994 hit country song for John Michael Montgomery: 2 wds. |
| 35% | YALELAW | 7 | School where Bill and Hillary Clinton met, familiarly (2 wds.) |
| 35% | POPART | 6 | Genre for Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol (2 wds.) |
| 35% | BARTAB | 6 | Bill for drinks: 2 wds. |
| 35% | SAX | 3 | Instrument played by Bill Clinton, for short |
| 34% | INAUGURALPOET | 13 | What Bill Clinton invited 17-Across to serve as in January 1993: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SAXES | 5 | Instruments played by Bill Clinton and Lisa Simpson |
| 34% | BOBDOLE | 7 | 1996 loser to Bill Clinton (2 wds.) |
| 33% | NLEAST | 6 | Division for the Phillies and Mets: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 33% | IDO | 3 | Last words for a bachelor and bachelorette: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GREGBERLANTI | 12 | Showrunner responsible for "Supergirl" and "The Flash": 2 wds. |
| 32% | REALITYTV | 9 | Programming genre for "Survivor" and "The Bachelor": 2 wds. |
| 32% | VIOLA | 5 | Bowed instrument for John Cale |
| 32% | BARTAB | 6 | Bill for drinks (2 wds.) |
| 32% | OHGOD | 5 | 1977 comedy starring John Denver and George Burns: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SAX | 3 | Musical instrument played by Bill Clinton, for short |
| 32% | PUNKROCK | 8 | Music genre for Green Day and the Ramones: 2 wds. |