| 100% | SEAMAN | 6 | One who serves as a sailor |
| 60% | TUBMAN | 6 | Activist Harriet, who served as a spy |
| 59% | NERUDA | 6 | Writer who served as a senator in Chile |
| 59% | MOE | 3 | Catcher Berg who served as a spy during WWII |
| 58% | SMOKY | 5 | Yorkshire terrier who served as a war dog in WWII |
| 58% | JONAS | 5 | Singer Nick who served as a judge on “The Voice” |
| 57% | PERSEPHONE | 10 | Goddess who serves as a major character in 2019's "Hadestown" |
| 57% | ENZI | 4 | Mike who served as a Wyoming senator from 1997 to 2021 |
| 57% | LIAISON | 7 | One who acts as a link to assist communication |
| 57% | CATSPAW | 7 | One serving as a dupe |
| 57% | ALCOTT | 6 | Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War |
| 55% | IAGO | 4 | Parrot who serves as a sidekick for Jafar in the Disney animated film "Aladdin" |
| 55% | LONER | 5 | One who prefer's life as a hermit |
| 55% | OBI | 3 | One who guided Luke Skywalker as a mentor |
| 54% | EDMCMAHON | 9 | "The Tonight Show" sidekick who served as a Marine pilot and flight instructor: 2 wds. |
| 54% | EDBRADLEY | 9 | “60 Minutes” journalist who served as a longtime host for Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio |
| 54% | TEAMPLAYER | 10 | One who can hardly be described as a narcissist |
| 54% | RASTA | 5 | One who might smoke ganja as a sacrament, informally |
| 54% | ORA | 3 | Rita ___, singer who served as a judge on the show "The X Factor" in series 12 |
| 54% | ROBRIGGLE | 9 | "Holey Moley" color commentator who served as a public affairs officer in the Marines: 2 wds. |
| 53% | SIR | 3 | ___ Hiss, snake who serves as a henchman for Prince John in the Disney animated film "Robin Hood" |
| 53% | HARVEY | 6 | With 34-Across, "Reservoir Dogs" actor who served as a Marine in Lebanon during Operation Blue Bat |
| 52% | WALUIGI | 7 | Purple-clad character who serves as a foil to Mario's brother in the "Super Mario Bros." series |
| 51% | BETTYCOOPER | 11 | The sweet, blonde girl next door character from "Riverdale," who serves as a protagonist and is played by Lili Reinhart |
| 50% | SEAMEN | 6 | A person who works as a sailor who is below the rank of officer |
| 50% | NEEDLE | 6 | Essential pointy tool for one who takes up knitting as a hobby |
| 49% | VIRTUAL | 7 | ___ reality, technology that one who takes up gaming as a hobby may use |
| 49% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | MLB left fielder for the Red Sox and 19-time All-Star, who served as a marine pilot during WWII: 2 wds. |
| 49% | LIGHT | 5 | Illumination source that one who takes up movie-making as a hobby might use |
| 49% | LOOM | 4 | Fabric-weaving machine that one who takes up weaving as a hobby might need |