| 100% | TAFT | 4 | President whose father co-founded Yale's Skull and Bones |
| 39% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Founding Father and second US President |
| 37% | JEFFERSON | 9 | US founding father and third president |
| 35% | ELIS | 4 | Skull and Bones members |
| 35% | YALE | 4 | Skull and Bones school |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Skull and Bones member |
| 35% | ELI | 3 | Skull and Bones collegian |
| 35% | YALIE | 5 | Skull and Bones member |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Skull and Bones meeting attendee |
| 34% | ELI | 3 | Skull and Bones member, e.g. |
| 32% | OBAMA | 5 | President born on August 4, whose name can be found backward in 17-, 31-, 47- and 63-Across |
| 32% | YALE | 4 | School with the Skull and Bones secret society |
| 31% | REO | 3 | Auto co. whose name was its founder's initials |
| 30% | AOKI | 4 | DJ Steve whose father founded Benihana |
| 30% | YALE | 4 | Ivy League school known for the secret society Skull and Bones |
| 29% | ASSAD | 5 | Syrian leader whose father preceded him as president |
| 29% | WALESA | 6 | Former Polish President and Solidarity co-founder Lech |
| 29% | THOMAS | 6 | ___ Jefferson, Founding Father and third President of the United States who was also a skilled player of the violin and the cello |
| 29% | ALCOTT | 6 | 19th-century author whose father founded a utopian community |
| 29% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Founding Father, second President of the US |
| 28% | HANCOCK | 7 | Founding Father whose name refers to a signature |
| 28% | CALCIUM | 7 | Found in milk and cheeses, helps bones grow |
| 28% | DKE | 3 | Fraternity founded at Yale in 1844 that had both President Bush's as members (abbr.) |
| 28% | BENJAMIN | 8 | __ Franklin, "First American" and Founding Father |
| 28% | DKNY | 4 | Fashion house whose initials come from its founder and the city it's headquartered in |
| 27% | CLAVICLE | 8 | S-shaped bone between with the sternum and scapula |
| 27% | FRANKLIN | 8 | Gospel singer Kirk and founding father Benjamin |
| 27% | NKRUMAH | 7 | Kwame __, founder and first president of Ghana |
| 27% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who wrote "Dreams from My Father," 18-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 27% | WALDO | 5 | "Where's ___?," collection of children's puzzles whose main character is always lost and must be found |