| 100% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost to F.D.R. in 1936 |
| 73% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost in a landslide to F.D.R. |
| 69% | ALF | 3 | Gov. Landon, who lost to F.D.R. |
| 59% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost in 1936 |
| 51% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost to FDR |
| 48% | ALF | 3 | Landon who lost in a landslide |
| 46% | MITT | 4 | Romney who lost to Obama in 2012 |
| 46% | REA | 3 | Actor who lost to Pacino in 1993 |
| 45% | UNRUH | 5 | Jesse who lost to Ronald Reagan in 1970 |
| 45% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable? |
| 45% | HARE | 4 | One who lost to a tortoise in a fable |
| 45% | UNRUH | 5 | California politico Jesse who lost to Reagan in 1970 |
| 45% | ALF | 3 | Landon who ran for president in 1936 |
| 44% | HARE | 4 | Animal who lost to the tortoise in a fabled race |
| 43% | DROZ | 4 | Physician who lost to John Fetterman in a 2022 Senate race |
| 43% | ALF | 3 | Governor Landon who ran for president in 1936 |
| 42% | BORIS | 5 | Spassky who lost to Bobby Fischer in chess’s Match of the Century |
| 42% | MINORTHIRD | 10 | D to F, e.g., in music |
| 42% | RIGGS | 5 | Bobby who lost to Billie Jean in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match |
| 41% | HRC | 3 | She lost to D.J.T. in the '16 election |
| 41% | STEFANEDBERG | 12 | Swedish tennis great who lost to 25-Across in the 1990 Australian Open (2 wds.) |
| 40% | UNRUH | 5 | Jesse who lost the governor's race to Ronald Reagan in 1970 |
| 40% | ISAO | 4 | Pro golfer Aoki who lost to Jack Nicklaus by two strokes in the 1980 U.S. Open |
| 40% | DOSHI | 5 | D R —, India Test cricketer who took 5-39 against England at Mumbai in 1981 |
| 40% | SONNYLISTON | 11 | Heavyweight champion who lost that title to 40-Across in 1964: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NICKNOLTE | 9 | Actor who lost the Oscar for Best Actor to Anthony Hopkins in 1992 |
| 40% | HARE | 4 | Rabbit's kin who lost to a tortoise, in a popular fable |
| 39% | URIEL | 5 | Angel who directs Satan to Earth in "Paradise Lost" |
| 39% | MATSWILANDER | 12 | Swedish tennis great who lost to 25-Across in the 1987 French Open and US Open (2 wds.) |
| 39% | PAM | 3 | Shriver who lost to Chris Evert in the 1978 US Open singles final when she was just 16 |