| 100% | DONTTELL | 8 | Last half of a former US military policy involving gays: 2 wds. |
| 42% | COLINPOWELL | 11 | Former US Secretary of State who's a Vietnam vet: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 37% | SIDEB | 5 | Second half of a record: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ACTTWO | 6 | Second half of a musical: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Lesser half of a vinyl single: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ACTII | 5 | Second half of a play segment: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BSIDE | 5 | Lesser-known half of a record: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ORELSE | 6 | Last words of a threat: 2 wds. |
| 36% | IDO | 3 | Last words of a single person: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BLUESTATE | 9 | Democratic-leaning region of a US election map: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MARRIAGESTORY | 13 | 2019 drama in which Scarlett Johansson played one half of a divorcing couple: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former US President who authored the book "The Audacity of Hope": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SIDEA | 5 | Hit half of a record (2 wds.) |
| 34% | BARTCONNER | 10 | Gymnast who forms half of a sports power couple with fellow gymnast Nadia Comaneci: 2 wds. |
| 33% | EASYGO | 6 | Second half of a carefree expression (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SUEBIRD | 7 | Basketball star who forms half of a sports power couple with soccer player Megan Rapinoe: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MIAHAMM | 7 | Soccer star who forms half of a sports power couple with baseball player Nomar Garciaparra: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BACKNINE | 8 | Last half of a golf course |
| 33% | LAVERNE | 7 | Half of a former sitcom duo |
| 33% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis star who forms half of a sports power couple with fellow tennis player Andre Agassi: 2 wds. |
| 33% | BACKNINE | 8 | Last half of a round of golf |
| 33% | LESLEYSTAHL | 11 | "60 Minutes" correspondent who's a former moderator of "Face the Nation": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JERRYLEWIS | 10 | "The Nutty Professor" (1963) half of a classic comedy duo (2 wds.) |
| 33% | DEANMARTIN | 10 | "Ocean's 11" (1960) half of a classic comedy duo (2 wds.) |
| 32% | LANCEBASS | 9 | Former member of 'N Sync whose last name is a type of fish: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MCHALESNAVY | 11 | 1962-1966 sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine as lieutenant commander of a military vessel: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARSHAP | 7 | ___ Johnson State Park, NYC park renamed in honor of a gay rights activist: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CLINTON | 7 | The surname of a former US president, Bill __ |