| 100% | EMIR | 4 | Leader in the dunes |
| 69% | EMIR | 4 | Leader in the mirror |
| 69% | SPEAKER | 7 | Leader in the house |
| 68% | TSAR | 4 | Leader in the Crimean War |
| 68% | TSAR | 4 | Leader in the Bulgarian Empire |
| 67% | SEASONPOWER | 11 | Leader in the pennant race, say? |
| 66% | NERO | 4 | Leader in the First Jewish-Roman War |
| 66% | KOBOABE | 7 | "Woman in the Dunes" author |
| 66% | ACTINGPRESIDENT | 15 | World leader in the theater? |
| 66% | CHAPLAINS | 9 | Service leaders in the service |
| 66% | MGRS | 4 | Dugout leaders in the MLB |
| 65% | MLK | 3 | Leader in the civil rights movement, in brief |
| 64% | PITT | 4 | British leader in the Seven Years' War |
| 64% | AKELA | 5 | Wolf pack leader in the Jungle Book |
| 63% | SULTAN | 6 | Title for a leader in the Ottoman Empire |
| 63% | ABE | 3 | "The Woman in the Dunes" author |
| 61% | ALICEPAUL | 9 | Suffragist and longtime leader in the National Woman's Party |
| 60% | PAPA | 4 | ___ Smurf, village leader in the animated children's TV series, "Smurfs" |
| 59% | AARON | 5 | ''Who's Who in the Bible'' leader |
| 58% | OTT | 3 | Six-time N.L. home run leader in the 1930s and '40s |
| 58% | PABLO | 5 | Guerrilla leader in "For Whom the Bell Tolls" |
| 58% | JASON | 5 | Leader of the Argonauts, in myth |
| 58% | MEGATRON | 8 | Leader of the Decepticons in Transformers |
| 58% | HECATE | 6 | Leader of the witches in Macbeth |
| 58% | MEGATRON | 8 | Leader of the Decepticons, in “Transformers” |
| 57% | SNOKE | 5 | Evil Supreme Leader in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" |
| 57% | PIONEER | 7 | A leader in a particular field, paving the way |
| 57% | TOPDOG | 6 | Leader of the pack, in other words |
| 57% | PETERPAN | 8 | Leader of the Lost Boys in Neverland |
| 57% | BETTYRIZZO | 10 | Leader of the Pink Ladies in "Grease" |