| 100% | BOSS | 4 | Leader or in charge of an organization |
| 67% | BOSS | 4 | Person in charge of an organization |
| 66% | MGT | 3 | People in charge of an organization: Abbr. |
| 49% | AVIATOR | 7 | Pilot, expert in charge of flying an aircraft |
| 49% | MANAGER | 7 | Person in charge of a department or team |
| 49% | GOVERNOR | 8 | Person in charge of a town or region |
| 49% | EDITOR | 6 | Person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 48% | COPILOT | 7 | The second officer in charge of flying an aircraft |
| 48% | EDITOR | 6 | The person in charge of a newspaper or magazine |
| 45% | SORE | 4 | In need of an ice bath or a heating pad, maybe |
| 45% | CONDUCTOR | 9 | Leader of an orchestra or a train |
| 45% | ALTITUDE | 8 | Height of an object in relation to sea or ground |
| 45% | NOBELIST | 8 | Winner of an international award presented in Stockholm or Oslo |
| 44% | CIO | 3 | Corp. leader in charge of 35-Down |
| 44% | AEGIS | 5 | Protection or support of an organization |
| 44% | INSIGNIA | 8 | Emblem or badge of an organization |
| 44% | OTTO | 4 | Purpose or spirit of an organization: m___ |
| 43% | CAESURA | 7 | An emphatic break in a poem or line of verse |
| 43% | DESK | 4 | Piece of furniture in an office or classroom |
| 43% | COGS | 4 | Small parts of a big organization, in an idiom |
| 42% | PANEL | 5 | Group of experts in an interview or talent show |
| 42% | OVER | 4 | In charge of |
| 42% | ABOVE | 5 | In charge of |
| 42% | OVERSEEING | 10 | In charge of |
| 42% | LEADDETECTIVES | 14 | Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle |
| 42% | PANEL | 5 | Group of experts, as in an interview or talent show |
| 42% | EXODUS | 6 | Book of the Bible or an event described in it |
| 41% | PANDARUS | 8 | Leader of the Lycians in Greek mythology who shot Menelaus with an arrow |
| 41% | STAGEFRIGHT | 11 | Nervousness in front of an audience, or a description of the starred answers |
| 41% | REGISTRAR | 9 | In charge of official records |