| 100% | VEEP | 4 | Position once held by Mike Pence, for short |
| 59% | VEEP | 4 | Position held by Cheney, Biden, or Pence, for short |
| 48% | COMMETARY | 9 | Cabinet position once held by Herbert Hoover |
| 47% | CEO | 3 | Position once held by Jack Welch and Lee Iacocca (Abbr.) |
| 44% | PROTEM | 6 | President ___ (Senate position typically held by the majority party’s most senior member, for short) |
| 43% | MICS | 4 | Devices held by boxing ring announcers, for short |
| 43% | EGOT | 4 | Award quartet held by Viola Davis, for short |
| 39% | WSJ | 3 | Newspaper whose crossword is edited by Mike Shenk, for short |
| 38% | CLEO | 4 | Nile queen once played by Elizabeth Taylor, for short |
| 38% | BAMA | 4 | NCAA team once coached by Bear Bryant, for short |
| 38% | TRL | 3 | MTV show once hosted by Carson Daly, for short |
| 36% | MOSTPATENTS | 11 | Record once held by Edison |
| 35% | USEDCD | 6 | Record once held by someone else? |
| 35% | MRUNIVERSE | 10 | Bodybuilding title once held by Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 34% | CAEN | 4 | French city once held by William the Conqueror |
| 34% | SEN | 3 | Title once held by Obama and Biden: Abbr. |
| 33% | DAUPHIN | 7 | Title once held by the French king's eldest son |
| 33% | MODANO | 6 | ★Hockey Hall of Famer Mike who holds the records for most NHL goals and points by an American-born player |
| 32% | VEEP | 4 | Cheney or Pence, for short |
| 31% | THRU | 4 | By way of, for short |
| 31% | THRO | 4 | By way of, for short |
| 30% | PLANKING | 8 | Holding raised press-up position for core strength |
| 30% | CAPO | 4 | Rank in the mafia that heads a crew of soldiers, once held by 18-Across |
| 30% | ELECT | 5 | To choose for a position by voting |
| 30% | IDS | 3 | Names by name, for short |
| 30% | STENOG | 6 | Trial position, for short |
| 30% | WFH | 3 | House position, for short? |
| 30% | AKA | 3 | Going by, for short |
| 30% | IRA | 3 | Portfolio holding, for short |
| 30% | ACC | 3 | Bank holding, for short |