| 100% | CREMATORS | 9 | People who will burn you in the end? |
| 54% | NIGHTOWLS | 9 | People who are often awake in the wee hours: 2 wds. |
| 54% | HEIR | 4 | Person who is next in line for the throne |
| 54% | RIDEORDIE | 9 | Person who will do anything for you, in modern slang |
| 52% | MAHDI | 5 | Islamic messiah who will restore peace in the end |
| 51% | EDITOR | 6 | Person who is in charge of and determines the final content of a text |
| 51% | LEADER | 6 | The person who is in charge; boss, head or ruler |
| 50% | ELON | 4 | Musk who is the richest person in the world |
| 50% | YURI | 4 | Cosmonaut Gagarin who was the first person in space |
| 49% | TIBETANS | 8 | People who live in the same region where the Dalai Lama was born |
| 49% | ELON | 4 | Musk who is currently the second-richest person in the world |
| 49% | ELON | 4 | Musk who was Time's Person of the Year in 2021 |
| 49% | HERO | 4 | *Person who saves the day... and a word you may use to describe those being celebrated in this puzzle |
| 49% | SCIENTIST | 9 | Person who would wear the article of clothing spelled out in the first letters of the starred answers |
| 49% | BONO | 4 | Irishman who was a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2005 |
| 49% | GLENN | 5 | Astronaut John who is the oldest person to have flown in space |
| 48% | FLIMFLAMARTISTS | 15 | People who do what’s at the ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | MIA | 3 | Actress Farrow who was on the first cover of People magazine in 1974 |
| 48% | JOHNBROWN | 9 | *Abolitionist who was the first person executed for treason in the United States |
| 48% | OBAMA | 5 | Barack who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012 |
| 48% | MELINDAGATES | 12 | Philanthropist who was a Time Person of the Year co-honoree in 2005 |
| 48% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | "Jolene" singer who was MusiCares Person of the Year in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 48% | CHANGEDMAN | 10 | Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues |
| 48% | NEILDIAMOND | 11 | "Sweet Caroline" singer who was MusiCares Person of the Year in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 47% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |
| 47% | ANGELAMERKEL | 12 | German chancellor who was Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Both Sides Now" singer who was MusiCares Person of the Year in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Political victor who was Time's Person of the Year in 2008 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 46% | WILT | 4 | Chamberlain who is still the only person to ever score 100 points in an NBA game |