| 100% | EARL | 4 | James ___ Carter (full name of the 39th president) |
| 80% | EARL | 4 | James ___ Carter (full name of the president before Reagan) |
| 54% | EARL | 4 | James ___ Carter (the 39th US president) |
| 53% | CARTER | 6 | Jimmy ___, 39th President of the USA whose name is an anagram of "my metric jar" |
| 50% | DIONDIMUCCI | 11 | Full name of the 1960s artist who sang "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer" |
| 50% | TAE | 3 | Kim __-hyung: full name of the BTS singer known as V |
| 50% | BARACK | 6 | First name of the president before Donald |
| 50% | JIMMY | 5 | ___ Carter, 39th President of the United States who had a peanut farming business |
| 49% | JED | 3 | First name of the president on "The West Wing" |
| 49% | KAMALA | 6 | First name of the first female US vice president |
| 49% | THEODORE | 8 | First name of the first President Roosevelt |
| 48% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of the US president named Wilson |
| 48% | EARL | 4 | Middle name of former president Carter |
| 47% | SPIRO | 5 | First name of the second vice president to resign from office |
| 47% | BUCHANAN | 8 | Last name of the 15th president of the US |
| 47% | POLK | 4 | James ___, 11th President of the USA whose name is an anagram of "joke lamps" |
| 47% | DELANO | 6 | Middle name of the longest serving US president mentioned in 6-Across |
| 47% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the president who followed James Buchanan |
| 46% | GARFIELD | 8 | James ___, 20th President of the USA whose name is an anagram of "failed gem jars" |
| 46% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 46% | UKE | 3 | Brief name of the instrument whose full name roughly translates to "jumping flea" |
| 45% | ADAMS | 5 | Last name of two of the first six US presidents |
| 44% | OLSEN | 5 | Last name of the "Full House" twins |
| 44% | FDR | 3 | Initials of the president who had the same last name as Teddy |
| 44% | TET | 3 | Vietnamese holiday whose full name translates to "festival of the first day" |
| 43% | SANTINO | 7 | Full first name of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather |
| 43% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 43% | SIX | 3 | Number of U.S. presidents named James |
| 43% | DEMIMOORE | 9 | Actress whose full name can be made from the letters of DO RE MI |
| 43% | MAJORMAJORMAJOR | 15 | Full legal name of the "Catch-22" character who ascends to his namesake rank |