| 100% | MAHATMAGANDHI | 13 | Peace-loving Indian leader who is famously quoted as saying "You must be the change you wish to see in the world.": 2 wds. |
| 32% | PINGAN | 6 | ___ International Finance Centre, skyscraper located in China said to be amongst the tallest buildings in the world: 2 wds. |
| 31% | THEBEATLES | 10 | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" group who in 1964 became the first ever to be simultaneously #1 and #2 with their first two hits: 2 wds. |
| 31% | MOTHERTERESA | 12 | Albanian-Indian nun who was the first Asian woman (She adopted Indian citizenship) to win the Nobel Peace Prize: 2 wds. |
| 31% | DEANJONES | 9 | "The Love Bug" actor who played Wilby Daniels as an adult in the sequel to 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BRUCESMITH | 10 | The all-time leader in sacks, who is considered as arguably the greatest pass rusher in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROOSEVELT | 9 | Eleanor ___ - wife of FDR - who is famously quoted as saying "Do one thing every day that scares you." |
| 30% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer who won the Oscar for Best Original Song, "Just Called to Say I Love You": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ROCKYMARCIANO | 13 | Boxer from the 50s who is the only world heavyweight champion in professional boxing to retire undefeated: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KELLYCLARKSON | 13 | "Since U Been Gone" singer who voices Delta Dawn, leader of the Country Trolls, in "Trolls World Tour": 2 wds. |
| 29% | BLAKELIVELY | 11 | Actress who wore contact lenses she couldn't see through to play a blind woman in "All I See Is You": 2 wds. |
| 29% | KOBEBRYANT | 10 | LA Lakers legend fondly remembered as "Black Mamba" who is the only player in NBA history to have two jersey numbers retired by the same team: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MOTHERTERESA | 12 | Albanian-Indian catholic nun who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 29% | HUGHGRANT | 9 | "Paddington 2" actor who says, "I'm too old and ugly to be the young leading man in romantic comedies now, thank God": 2 wds. |
| 29% | GWENJORGENSEN | 13 | American distance runner and two-time ITU World Champion who was the first to win a triathlon gold for USA in the Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BIGBROTHER | 10 | Leader in "1984" who is always "watching you": 2 wds. |
| 28% | RYANGOSLING | 11 | Actor who sang "You Always Hurt the One You Love" in a movie: 2 wds. |
| 28% | MEGANFOX | 8 | American actress who was in the music video of Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie": 2 wds. |
| 28% | JENNIFERLOPEZ | 13 | "If You Had My Love" singer who was honored with the "Billboard" Women in Music Icon Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 28% | STEVIEWONDER | 12 | Singer with four #1 songs in the 1980s, including "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BILLYBUSH | 9 | Former TV star who's contrite for his role in the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal, saying "I'm grateful to be a more conscientious person now": 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROSAPARKS | 9 | Civil rights leader who was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOHNLEWIS | 9 | Politician and civil rights leader who was awarded the Spingarn Medal in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JANEADDAMS | 10 | First American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1931: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CARYELWES | 9 | Star of 33-Across whose memoir about it, "As You Wish," will be published in the fall of 2014: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ROLEMODEL | 9 | A person that is often looked at as someone to follow in the footsteps of : 2 wds. |
| 27% | TRISSPEAKER | 11 | Indians center fielder who was inducted in the first Hall of Fame ceremony: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | 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. |
| 27% | MRDARCY | 7 | To whom it is said, “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry” |