| 100% | BIDEN | 5 | Recipient of the most votes ever cast for a U.S. presidential candidate |
| 39% | HRC | 3 | Inits. of the first female presidential candidate for a major party |
| 35% | SODA | 4 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 35% | POP | 3 | Generic term for a carbonated beverage, in certain parts of the U.S. |
| 34% | HAYES | 5 | Winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election, despite losing the popular vote |
| 34% | ADAMS | 5 | Winner of the 1824 U.S. presidential election, despite losing the popular vote |
| 33% | RUSE | 4 | Part of the planning for many a surprise birthday party |
| 33% | TAXPLAN | 7 | Component of many a presidential candidate's platform |
| 33% | CROSSOVER | 9 | Vote for a member of the other political party |
| 32% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene V. ___, five-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America |
| 32% | DEPT | 4 | The "D" of U.S.D.A., for short |
| 31% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who won a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy Award for the audiobook of "Dreams from My Father" |
| 31% | ECONOMYRATPACK | 14 | Doppelgänger cast for a low-budget remake of "Ocean's 11"? |
| 31% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of many a U.S. company |
| 31% | CARRY | 5 | Do most of the work for, as a team |
| 31% | EUGENEVDEBS | 11 | Cofounder of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five-time US presidential candidate: 3 wds. |
| 31% | DEWEY | 5 | Melvil —, US inventor of a system for the classification of library books |
| 31% | FDR | 3 | U.S. pres. for most of 55-Down |
| 30% | TAO | 3 | ___ Downtown, New York, one of the most Instagrammed restaurants in the U.S |
| 30% | MUHAMMADALI | 11 | One of the most celebrated boxers ever, who has famous quotes like "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee": 2 wds. |
| 30% | ANTSY | 5 | Like many type A types waiting for the results of their esophagogastroduodenoscopy, maybe |
| 30% | ESL | 3 | Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 30% | WHO | 3 | One of the five W's for a journalist |
| 30% | MAINLAND | 8 | Most of the U.S., to Hawaiians |
| 30% | TRENTON | 7 | Capital of the U.S. for 54 days in 1784 |
| 30% | CRAB | 4 | "One of the many attempts of Nature to evolve a ___" (Borradaile's definition of "carcinization") |
| 29% | BRO | 3 | Nickname of the US Army's 1st Infantry Division, for short |
| 29% | DOOLIE | 6 | Term for a freshman at the U.S. Air Force Academy |
| 29% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band that's named for a continent |
| 29% | WATER | 5 | Most of the album cover for SZA's "SOS" |