| 100% | MGR | 3 | Leader who may signal to the bullpen (Abbr.) |
| 84% | MGR | 3 | Person who might signal to the bullpen (abbr.) |
| 76% | MGR | 3 | Guy who might signal to the bullpen, for short |
| 50% | EMT | 3 | First responder who may accompany people to the ER: Abbr. |
| 45% | EMTS | 4 | Those who may respond to the unresponsive, for short |
| 45% | ENT | 3 | Doctor who might treat the sinus: Abbr. |
| 44% | SRS | 3 | Students who might apply to grad school: Abbr. |
| 43% | SRS | 3 | High schoolers who may be applying to colleges: Abbr. |
| 43% | CAESAR | 6 | Leader who was warned to beware the Ides of March |
| 43% | MAYOR | 5 | Official who might give out a key to the city |
| 43% | ESL | 3 | Course that a newcomer to the US might take: Abbr. |
| 42% | PRES | 4 | Leader who may run a board meeting (Abbr.) |
| 42% | UNSUNGHERO | 10 | To whom "You the real MVP!" may be addressed |
| 42% | ABELINCOLN | 10 | Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats |
| 41% | MIME | 4 | Performer who might pretend to be walking against the wind |
| 41% | TAXI | 4 | ___ squad (practice players who may be called on to join the main roster) |
| 41% | TEEN | 4 | Person who might be able to vote or drive for the first time |
| 41% | EMT | 3 | Worker who might travel to an ER in an ambulance: Abbr. |
| 40% | COMPUTERNERD | 12 | One who might use one of the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| 40% | EMT | 3 | First responder who takes people to the ER: Abbr. |
| 40% | ETA | 3 | Something a pilot might announce to the passengers: Abbr. |
| 40% | BID | 3 | Signal to the auctioneer |
| 40% | NOD | 3 | Signal to the auctioneer |
| 40% | CUE | 3 | Signal to the actor |
| 40% | NODS | 4 | Signals to the auctioneer |
| 40% | YESMEN | 6 | People who suck up to the leader for personal gains: Hyph. |
| 40% | CAESAR | 6 | Roman leader who was warned to beware the Ides of March |
| 39% | ESL | 3 | Course where the conjugation of to be might be taught: abbr. |
| 39% | GINNI | 5 | She is an American business leader who became the first woman to head tech giant IBM |
| 39% | CAMP | 4 | Space ___ (where kids who want to be astronauts might spend the summer) |