| 100% | CEO | 3 | Pooh-bah hired by a board of directors |
| 54% | CEO | 3 | Bigwig hired by a board |
| 52% | EXEC | 4 | Person on a board of directors, for short |
| 50% | EXEC | 4 | One hired by a corp. board |
| 48% | CATAN | 5 | Fictional island represented by a board made up of hexagons |
| 42% | CEO | 3 | Board of directors hiree |
| 42% | BYLAW | 5 | Board of directors' concern |
| 41% | NOUNS | 5 | The 25 words on a Codenames board, by part of speech |
| 41% | AGENDA | 6 | Board of directors meeting plan |
| 40% | CEOS | 4 | Board of directors hirees, for short |
| 40% | ONRETAINER | 10 | Hired by a client, in a way |
| 40% | PAROLE | 6 | Release granted by a board |
| 39% | ROBREINER | 9 | Director of 33-Across who will write a foreword for the book by 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 39% | CEOS | 4 | They often chair boards of directors |
| 39% | CONFERENCETABLE | 15 | Office fixture surrounded by a board? |
| 39% | SCHOOLDISTRICT | 14 | Education division governed by a board |
| 39% | THEFED | 6 | Group with a board of governors |
| 39% | WIZARD | 6 | Pooh Bah of Oz |
| 39% | CRACKLINROSIE | 13 | Neil Diamond song inspired by the music director of a Canadian radio station (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MALORY | 6 | "___ Towers," series of novels by Enid Blyton that is set in a girls' boarding school |
| 38% | RIAN | 4 | Director of part of a series between a film by J.J. and another film by J.J. |
| 38% | CEO | 3 | Head executive appointed by a board: Abbr. |
| 38% | EMERY | 5 | Board of a cosmetics company? |
| 38% | TENFOLD | 7 | By a factor of 10 |
| 37% | MEGA | 4 | By a factor of a million |
| 37% | BOARD | 5 | ___ of directors (group at a company) |
| 37% | DEB | 3 | Haaland who facilitated the first apology by a U.S. President for forced assimilation of Indigenous children at government boarding schools (October, 2024) |
| 36% | ROLE | 4 | Slot filled by a casting director |
| 36% | ROLE | 4 | Part filled by a casting director |
| 36% | ROLE | 4 | Something filled by a casting director |