| 100% | TEG | 3 | Miles ___, the former Supreme Bashar of the Bene Gesserit in the "Dune" novels, reputed to be 296 years old |
| 33% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 30% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 30% | ELIZABETH | 9 | Queen ___ II, former Head of the Commonwealth who was the TIME "Woman of the Year" in 1952 |
| 30% | ANDRETTI | 8 | Only person to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades |
| 30% | REAGAN | 6 | Ronald ___, former U.S. President who was selected as the "Time Person of the Year" in 1980 |
| 29% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | Only person in the arts ever to be named Time's Person of the Year |
| 29% | SOH | 3 | Beginning of the phrase ending in "CAH-TOA" which has been a blessing to many trig. students over the years |
| 29% | JOSEPHRBIDEN | 12 | Former vice president who is the oldest person to be inaugurated as president of the United States (3 wds.) |
| 29% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 29% | HAMMER | 6 | "The ___ of God," 1993 sci-fi novel by Arthur C. Clarke that is set in the year 2109 |
| 29% | NOD | 3 | Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel |
| 29% | DENG | 4 | ___ Xiaoping, former Chinese Premier who was featured as the "Time Person of the Year" for the second time in 1985 |
| 29% | TIME | 4 | "Love in the ___ of Cholera," Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1985 novel that was translated to English in 1988 |
| 28% | NOISE | 5 | Despite being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Radiohead still produces this, to many people |
| 28% | GARTH | 5 | Greenwell whose novel “Small Rain” was called “an exquisite addition to the literature of illness” in The Yale Review (September, 2024) |
| 28% | BOJACKSON | 9 | Former NFL player to be named All-Star in both football and baseball who is considered one of the greatest RBs ever: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CITI | 4 | One of the oldest banks in the world, formed in the year 1812 |
| 27% | LUKADONCIC | 10 | 2019 NBA Rookie of the Year who was named to the NBA All-Star team three years in a row (2 wds.) |
| 27% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Actor in the Best Picture winner "From Here to Eternity" who was nominated for seven Album of the Year Grammys: 2 wds. |
| 27% | TERRYBRADSHAW | 13 | Former NFL quarterback, who has acted in films like "Failure to Launch" and is currently the co-host of "Fox NFL Sunday" |
| 27% | PEYTONMANNING | 13 | Former NFL quarterback who did not play in 2011 due to multiple surgeries and won the Comeback Player of the Year in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GRAVE | 5 | One of the approximately 35 items found at Morocco's Grotte des Pigeons, which are estimated to be over 14,000 years old |
| 27% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | First Swedish woman and first person born in the 21st century to be named "Time" magazine's Person of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ABA | 3 | Robe the Bene Gesserit sisters wear in the Dune Universe |
| 27% | SEED | 4 | Silene stenophylla produced the oldest - at about 32,000 years - one of these ever to have been successfully grown |
| 27% | TONY | 4 | ___ Esposito, former Chicago Hawks' goaltender who 423 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 |
| 27% | CMII | 4 | Year in the reign of Edward the Elder |
| 27% | BOB | 3 | ___ Barker, former host of "The Price is Right" who we pay tribute to in 2023 |
| 27% | ELBA | 4 | ___ Island, Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea known to be Napoleon's place of exile |