| 100% | MAO | 3 | Leader who said "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 72% | MAO | 3 | He wrote "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" |
| 42% | ABELINCOLN | 10 | Political leader who patented a system to alter the buoyancy of steamboats |
| 41% | BAYONET | 7 | A long blade attached to the barrel of a gun |
| 38% | HADES | 5 | God who says "Nobody gets out of my domain, whether alive or dead" in a video game of the same name |
| 37% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| 37% | STAGEMOM | 8 | Parent who hangs out in the wings of a theater, perhaps: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SHERA | 5 | Leader of the "Princesses of Power" in a 2018-20 Netflix series |
| 37% | BREECH | 6 | Back end of a gun barrel, end nearest the stock |
| 37% | LATEARRIVAL | 11 | Guest who missed the surprise of a surprise party, say |
| 36% | BOSONSOLVER | 11 | Person who's figured out the properties of a physics particle? |
| 36% | UMA | 3 | Actress Thurman who was the subject of a Fall Out Boy song |
| 36% | IRONS | 5 | Gets the wrinkles out of a shirt, say |
| 35% | FEMINISTS | 9 | People who support a political movement that calls for the equality of women |
| 35% | TWELFTHNIGHTNIGHT | 17 | What the mother of a dozen kids says just before turning out the light? |
| 35% | HST | 3 | Prez who said "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" |
| 35% | MAEWEST | 7 | Who said "I believe in censorship. After all I made a fortune out of it" |
| 34% | FOLLICLE | 8 | Small cavity in the skin that a hair grows out of |
| 34% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the civil rights leader who has a US holiday |
| 34% | ELGRECO | 7 | Cretan-born painter who was a leader of the Spanish Renaissance |
| 34% | NASAL | 5 | Like the voice of someone who says, “I have a code”? |
| 34% | OLDDOG | 6 | One who's past the age of learning, in a saying |
| 34% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 34% | PHILEVERLY | 10 | Member of a singing duo who said, “Harmony is the ultimate love” |
| 34% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 34% | HEMAN | 5 | Superhero who says "By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!": Hyph. |
| 34% | QUEEN | 5 | "Royal" title for the leader of a hive, who is followed by 11a |
| 34% | CELINEDION | 10 | "The Power of Love" singer who was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CALIBER | 7 | Diameter of the bore of a gun, bullet measure |
| 33% | JENNIFER | 8 | With 34-Across, "Alita: Battle Angel" actress who plays the owner of a bar in "Top Gun: Maverick" |