| 100% | NONEW | 5 | Read my lips: ___ taxes (George H. W. Bush pledge) |
| 47% | CIADIRECTOR | 11 | George H. W. Bush, once |
| 47% | USS | 3 | ___ George H. W. Bush |
| 46% | SONS | 4 | George H. W. Bush had four |
| 44% | VOODOOECONOMICS | 15 | Derogatory term popularized by George H. W. Bush |
| 44% | GEMINI | 6 | John F. Kennedy or George H. W. Bush |
| 43% | USS | 3 | Letters before John F. Kennedy or George H. W. Bush |
| 42% | YALE | 4 | Alma mater for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush |
| 42% | DANACARVEY | 10 | “S.N.L.” ’s Strom Thurmond and George H. W. Bush |
| 42% | THE | 3 | With 61-Down, org. once headed by George H. W. Bush |
| 42% | NONEW | 5 | "Read my lips: ___ taxes" |
| 42% | SONS | 4 | What George H.W. Bush had that George W. Bush didn't |
| 41% | JEB | 3 | George H.W. Bush's second son |
| 41% | DAL | 3 | Bill ___ Col, Potomac Communications Strategies CEO and George H. W. Bush presidential campaign veteran |
| 40% | SON | 3 | Jeb, to George H.W. Bush |
| 39% | JEB | 3 | Second son of George H.W. Bush |
| 39% | BROCCOLI | 8 | Vegetable George H.W. Bush famously disliked |
| 39% | SON | 3 | Jeb Bush, to George H. W. Bush |
| 39% | READMYLIPS | 10 | Start of a George H.W. Bush promise |
| 38% | YALIE | 5 | George W. Bush or George H. W. Bush |
| 38% | MILLIE | 6 | 33-Across during George H.W. Bush's presidency |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Its HQ is named for George H.W. Bush |
| 38% | SPANIEL | 7 | Pres. George H.W. Bush's Millie, for one |
| 38% | JEB | 3 | Third of six children of George H.W. Bush |
| 38% | SON | 3 | George W. Bush, to George H. W. Bush |
| 38% | SON | 3 | George W. Bush, to George H.W. Bush |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Spy org. once headed by George H.W. Bush (Abbr.) |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Federal group once led by George H.W. Bush: Abbr. |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Its headquarters are named after George H.W. Bush (abbr.) |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Government department once headed by George H.W. Bush: Abbr. |