| 100% | FERMI | 5 | Pioneer in the development of nuclear power |
| 51% | BIOGEN | 6 | Giant in the development of neurological disease therapies |
| 51% | EULER | 5 | Pioneer in the math of sudoku |
| 51% | SAGAN | 5 | Pioneer in the field of exobiology |
| 49% | CHERNOBYL | 9 | Site of nuclear power disaster in 1986 |
| 48% | EMBRYONIC | 9 | In the earliest stage of development; rudimentary |
| 46% | DOER | 4 | Someone who believes in the power of action |
| 46% | SHERA | 5 | The Princess of Power, in cartoons |
| 45% | ARDEN | 5 | Elizabeth who pioneered in the advertising of beauty aids |
| 45% | AGER | 4 | New ___ (person who might believe in the power of crystals) |
| 44% | CUBE | 4 | In maths, the third power of a quantity |
| 44% | OPENSECRET | 10 | The bad behavior of someone in power, perhaps |
| 44% | LUCILLEBALL | 11 | Sitcom pioneer in the first class of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame |
| 44% | FERMAT | 6 | French mathematician who pioneered in the theory of probability |
| 44% | MARM | 4 | Head of the class, in pioneer schools |
| 43% | NUCLEAR | 7 | The 1st use of __ power for electricity was in 1951 |
| 42% | ALLIES | 6 | Group of countries against the Axis Powers in WWII |
| 41% | NEWWORLDORDER | 13 | Shake-up in the global balance of power ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| 41% | SHERA | 5 | Princess of Power, in the comics |
| 41% | LESPAUL | 7 | US pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar who died in 2009 |
| 41% | AGONY | 5 | Title feeling "beyond power of speech," in an "Into the Woods" song |
| 41% | DAYTON | 6 | City in southwest Ohio, US; home of aircraft pioneers the Wright brothers |
| 40% | HARRAH | 6 | Pioneer in the Nevada gaming industry |
| 40% | AXIS | 4 | ___ powers, group of nations that fought against the Allied powers in World War II |
| 40% | NURTURED | 8 | Furthered the development of |
| 39% | JESSEPLEMONS | 12 | "The Power of the Dog" actor starring in "Killers of the Flower Moon": 2 wds. |
| 39% | REACTOR | 7 | Core of nuclear power plant |
| 39% | MIDST | 5 | In the ___ of |
| 39% | MIDST | 5 | In the __ of |