| 100% | CEO | 3 | Person who a company's vice presidents report to: Abbr. |
| 48% | CPA | 3 | Person who may audit a company's finances: Abbr. |
| 47% | WAITER | 6 | Person who reports to a captain |
| 46% | CEO | 3 | Person who makes the biggest decisions at a company: Abbr. |
| 46% | CEO | 3 | Person who makes the big decisions at a company: Abbr. |
| 45% | DALLAS | 6 | Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named |
| 43% | QUAYLE | 6 | Former US vice president who caused a student to spell "potato" incorrectly |
| 42% | CEO | 3 | Person atop a company's organizational chart: Abbr. |
| 42% | CFO | 3 | Person on a company’s earnings call: Abbr. |
| 42% | DEAN | 4 | Official who reports to a president |
| 42% | OPER | 4 | Person who's a zero?: Abbr. |
| 42% | MBA | 3 | Degree for a company's president: Abbr. |
| 42% | SEISMOLOGIST | 12 | Person who's driven to a fault? |
| 42% | NEATNIK | 7 | Person who's tidy to a fault |
| 41% | EDITOR | 6 | Person who's authorized to shorten a sentence |
| 41% | MISER | 5 | Person who's unlikely to give a donation |
| 41% | PRO | 3 | Person who's paid to play a sport |
| 41% | THENEXTBIGTHING | 15 | Person who’s about to have a moment |
| 41% | TUTOR | 5 | Person who's hired to help a struggling student |
| 40% | EXEC | 4 | Person who's high up in a company, for short |
| 40% | NOVICE | 6 | Person who's new to a job or religious community |
| 40% | FRAIDYCAT | 9 | Person who's easily spooked, to a young child: Hyph. |
| 39% | JOSEPHRBIDEN | 12 | Former vice president who is the oldest person to be inaugurated as president of the United States (3 wds.) |
| 39% | PAYEE | 5 | Person who a check is made out to |
| 39% | NOSEY | 5 | A person who likes to mind people's business |
| 39% | ATM | 3 | A person who's short might run to it |
| 38% | AWOL | 4 | Like a soldier who's nowhere to be found: Abbr. |
| 38% | DONOR | 5 | Person who gives to a charity |
| 38% | DONOR | 5 | Person who contributes to a charity |
| 37% | MONDALE | 7 | Vice president who became ambassador to Japan |