| 100% | LIFER | 5 | One who serves long? |
| 70% | STENOS | 6 | Ones who serve dictators, briefly? |
| 69% | SEAMAN | 6 | One who serves as a sailor |
| 69% | SOLDIER | 7 | One who serves in an army |
| 69% | LATEFEEDER | 10 | One who serves dinner at midnight? |
| 68% | VET | 3 | One who served in 'Nam, e.g. |
| 65% | NAVYVET | 7 | One who's served admirally? |
| 64% | EXCON | 5 | One who no longer has life? |
| 64% | ALIENOR | 7 | One who is no longer entitled |
| 64% | HASBEEN | 7 | One who is no longer successful |
| 63% | HOER | 4 | One who weeds with long-handled tool |
| 63% | ADULT | 5 | One who's no longer a minor |
| 63% | BIGKID | 6 | One who no longer needs training wheels |
| 63% | EXPATRIATE | 10 | One who's no longer at home |
| 62% | NOMAD | 5 | One who doesn’t stay put for long |
| 62% | BARISTA | 7 | One who won't serve the average joe |
| 61% | EXGI | 4 | One no longer serving |
| 61% | MILER | 5 | One who's in it for the long run |
| 61% | YOYODIETER | 10 | One who can't keep weight off for long |
| 61% | LIFER | 5 | One who's in it for the long haul |
| 60% | SENATOR | 7 | One serving a long term |
| 59% | LEROI | 5 | One who was wished a long life, in old French cheers |
| 58% | EXPAT | 5 | One who might cast a long-distance mail-in ballot, for short |
| 58% | EMPTYNESTER | 11 | One who can finally stop postponing that long R.V. trip, maybe |
| 57% | BIGGAMEHUNTER | 13 | One for whom success is a long shot? |
| 56% | THOMAS | 6 | SCOTUS justice who has served the longest |
| 54% | OSIER | 5 | Need for one who just sits there and makes baskets all day long |
| 52% | STIR | 4 | With 67-Across, like one who's been stuck at home for too long, slangily |
| 50% | JAMESGARFIELD | 13 | One of three presidents who served in 1881 |
| 50% | DENNISHASTERT | 13 | Congressman from Illinois who served as Speaker of the House longer than any other Republican: 2 wds. |