| 100% | ELIHU | 5 | Politician ___ Washburne of the 19th century, who was prominent in founding the Republican Party |
| 41% | PELE | 4 | Soccer great who was named Player of the Century in 2000 |
| 41% | BEZOS | 5 | Jeff ___, founder of Amazon who was Time "Person of the Year" in 1999 |
| 41% | ZUMA | 4 | Jacob —, South African politician who was appointed president of the ANC in 2007 |
| 40% | CERES | 5 | Body in our solar system that was considered a planet in the first half of the 19th century |
| 40% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem that was popular in the 19th century |
| 39% | RANEE | 5 | ___ of Jhansi, noblewoman who was one of the 19th century leaders of Indian nationalism (var.) |
| 39% | ALI | 3 | Boxer who in 1999 was voted the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century |
| 38% | SHAH | 4 | The ___ of Iran (former ruler who was exiled in 1979) |
| 37% | TRIPOLI | 7 | Capital of Libya which was founded in 7th century BC by the Phoenicians |
| 37% | MICKJAGGER | 10 | Lead singer of the Rolling Stones who was knighted in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 37% | MARK | 4 | ___ Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook who was Time "Person of the Year" in 2010 |
| 37% | JACKIEKENNEDY | 13 | Former First Lady of the United States who was born in July (2 wds.) |
| 37% | LUDDITE | 7 | Any of the textile workers in England opposed to mechanisation who organised machine-breaking in the early 19th century |
| 37% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 37% | JOEFRAZIER | 10 | American professional boxer who defeated Muhammad Ali in what is famously called the "Fight of the Century": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DELEGATE | 8 | One of the 3,979 (approx.) in the Democratic Party who will elect the nominee for president of the US next year |
| 36% | ALICEWALTON | 11 | American heiress and daughter of Walmart founder who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds |
| 36% | LAURENEJOBS | 11 | American businesswoman and founder of Emerson Collective who is amongst the top ten richest women in the world: 2 wds. |
| 36% | VET | 3 | November honoree who can be found in the middle of 17, 29, 46, and 62 Across |
| 36% | ZACHARIAH | 9 | ___ Chandler, four-term U.S. senator who helped found the Republican Party |
| 36% | LBJ | 3 | Only politician in the 20th century, other than RMN, to have been president, VP and member of the House and Senate |
| 36% | YANG | 4 | Andrew who founded the Forward Party in 2021 |
| 36% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem popular in the 19th century |
| 36% | JFK | 3 | Initials of the US president who was elected at age 43 in 1960 |
| 36% | ALICEPAUL | 9 | Suffragist and National Woman's Party leader who was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1979: 2 wds. |
| 35% | BORE | 4 | One who is hardly the life of the party |
| 35% | ROSSETTI | 8 | Artist who was a founder of the Pre-Raphaelites |
| 35% | LOSINGCRANKS | 12 | Team of eccentrics who are behind in the game? |
| 35% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the man (born 2/12/1809) who gave the address at 18-Across, issued the 28-Across/45-Across, was the first elected president of the 60-Across Party, and whose name can be found in this puzzle's main diagonal |