| 100% | GARYHART | 8 | Onetime presidential candidate with a divinity degree from Yale |
| 37% | NOOR | 4 | Queen with a degree from Princeton |
| 36% | ALITO | 5 | Samuel with a J.D. from Yale Law |
| 36% | ABE | 3 | Prime minister with a degree from Seikei University |
| 36% | CONANOBRIEN | 11 | Longtime talk show host with a degree from Harvard |
| 34% | GERALDORIVERA | 13 | Radio and TV journalist with a degree from Brooklyn Law School: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ANDREABOCELLI | 13 | Opera singer with a law degree from the University of Pisa: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CAIN | 4 | Onetime presidential candidate Herman |
| 31% | JERRYSPRINGER | 13 | TV talk show host with a law degree from Northwestern University: 2 wds. |
| 31% | FAUN | 4 | Good time with a divinity |
| 31% | HROSSPEROT | 10 | Onetime presidential candidate on the Forbes 400 list |
| 29% | DEBS | 4 | Presidential candidate who campaigned from prison |
| 29% | ALUM | 4 | One with a degree |
| 29% | YANG | 4 | Presidential candidate Andrew with an online "gang" |
| 29% | MFA | 3 | Degree from a creative writing program: Abbr. |
| 28% | MALIA | 5 | Onetime presidential daughter with the code name Radiance |
| 28% | PSYCHOTIC | 9 | With a mental condition that detaches from reality |
| 28% | PHD | 3 | Advanced degree from a university: Abbr. |
| 28% | SMU | 3 | Dallas sch. with a presidential library |
| 28% | HERMAN | 6 | Cain with a 2012 presidential campaign |
| 28% | OSTEOPATH | 9 | Physician with a D.O. degree |
| 28% | GRAD | 4 | Person with a degree, for short |
| 28% | SSE | 3 | 180 degrees from a Hitchcock classic? |
| 28% | MBA | 3 | Degree from Yale’s S.O.M. or N.Y.U.’s Stern |
| 28% | PHD | 3 | Degree with a dissertation |
| 28% | ODE | 3 | Onetime record label with a poetic name |
| 28% | NSA | 3 | Government org. with a onetime Puzzle Periodical |
| 28% | PATPAULSEN | 10 | Comedian with a mock 1968 presidential campaign |
| 28% | ISAACSTERN | 10 | Musician with a Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 28% | PABLOCASALS | 11 | Cellist with a Presidential Medal of Freedom |