| 100% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | Left-handed politician who was US president from 1989 to 1993: 4 wds. |
| 79% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Left-handed politician who was US president from 1993 to 2001: 2 wds. |
| 73% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Left-handed politician who was US president from 2009 to 2017: 2 wds. |
| 52% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president from 2009 to 2017 who was born August 4, 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president from 1993 to 2001 who was born August 19, 1946 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LYNDONBJOHNSON | 14 | U.S. president from 1963 to 1969 who was born August 27, 1908 (3 wds.) |
| 39% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 39% | GEORGEBUSH | 10 | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| 38% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who was inaugurated in 1993 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Edmonton Oiler and LA King who was the NHL's MVP nine times from 1980 to 1989: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th US president who published "Dreams From My Father" in 1995, before his election to Illinois's legislature: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SEVENDAYSINMAY | 14 | 1964 film with Ava Gardner as the former mistress of a general who is plotting to oust the president: 4 wds. |
| 35% | KERRY | 5 | John who was US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 |
| 35% | RITADOVE | 8 | "Through the Ivory Gate" novelist who was US poet laureate from 1993-95 |
| 35% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who used to work at Baskin-Robbins: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JAMESMONROE | 11 | US president (1817-1825) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | US president (1861-1865) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 34% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | US president (1945-1953) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 34% | QUANTUMLEAP | 11 | NBC time-travel drama that aired from 1989 to 1993: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the Attorney General from 1993 to 2001 |
| 34% | LODGE | 5 | John Davis ___, actor turned politician who was the Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955 |
| 34% | ABIGAIL | 7 | Adams who was a wife and a mother to US presidents |
| 34% | SAHLE | 5 | ___-Work Zewde, Ethiopian politician who is the first woman to serve as the President of Ethiopia |
| 34% | DEVI | 4 | Bidya ___ Bhandari, Nepalese politician who is the first woman to serve as the President of Nepal |
| 33% | OBAMA | 5 | US president who is distantly related to 6 other presidents and Winston Churchill, too |
| 33% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | US president who coauthored 2018's "The President Is Missing" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SPINDLER | 8 | Michael ___, German businessman who was the CEO of Apple from 1993 to 1996 |
| 33% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was Attorney General from 1993 to 2001 |
| 33% | SAVEDBYTHEBELL | 14 | Spinoff of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar that ran from 1989 to 1993 (4 wds.) |
| 32% | LETMEGO | 7 | Plea from someone who wants to be released: 3 wds. |