| 100% | MEMOIR | 6 | Personal account like Obama's "Dreams from My Father" |
| 56% | RACE | 4 | Barack Obama's "Dreams from My Father: A Story of ___ and Inheritance" |
| 47% | OBAMA | 5 | Author of 1995's "Dreams From My Father" |
| 47% | DREAMS | 6 | "___ from My Father," Barack Obama's autobiography which was republished when he became US President |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | "Dreams From My Father" writer |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | "Dreams From My Father" author |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | ''Dreams from My Father'' author |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | "Dreams from My Father" memoirist Barack |
| 42% | OBAMA | 5 | Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father" |
| 42% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote "Dreams From My Father" |
| 39% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th US president who published "Dreams From My Father" in 1995, before his election to Illinois's legislature: 2 wds. |
| 37% | KENYAN | 6 | Like Barack Obama's father |
| 36% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who wrote "Dreams from My Father," 18-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BARACKOBAMASR | 13 | The father in "Dreams From My Father" |
| 35% | BARACK | 6 | "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" author who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 33% | MEMOIR | 6 | Term for a historical account written from one's personal knowledge |
| 32% | MYFATHER | 8 | Barack Obama wrote Dreams From __ |
| 32% | UNCUT | 5 | Like diamonds from a mine |
| 32% | UNCUT | 5 | Like a diamond from a mine |
| 31% | ATMFEES | 7 | Debits from S&L accounts |
| 31% | LURID | 5 | Like the headline "ELVIS FATHERED MY ALIEN BABY" |
| 29% | NEW | 3 | "You were my ___ dream," romantic words from "Tangled" |
| 29% | SENSES | 6 | "You fill up my ___ / Like a night in a forest" (lyrics from John Denver's "Annie's Song") |
| 29% | MEMOIR | 6 | Personal account of one's life |
| 29% | KENYAN | 6 | Obama's father, for one |
| 27% | LLD | 3 | Obama's honorary deg. from Notre Dame |
| 27% | IFORONE | 7 | "From my personal perspective ...": 3 wds. |
| 27% | KENYA | 5 | Birthplace of Obama's father |
| 27% | KENYA | 5 | Home of Obama's father |
| 27% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who won a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Award for the audiobook of "Dreams from My Father" |