| 100% | NADELLA | 7 | Satya __, Microsoft CEO from 2014 |
| 40% | BALLMER | 7 | Second microsoft ceo |
| 37% | HAMMOND | 7 | Philip —, Foreign Secretary from 2014-16 |
| 37% | NARENDRA | 8 | __ Modi, Indian prime minister from 2014 |
| 36% | CEO | 3 | Satya Nadella for Microsoft: Abbr. |
| 36% | GLORY | 5 | Oscar-winning song from 2014's "Selma" |
| 36% | GATES | 5 | Bill from Microsoft |
| 35% | STEVEBALLMER | 12 | Microsoft CEO who was succeeded by 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | CORTANA | 7 | Microsoft virtual assistant introduced in 2014 |
| 35% | LENO | 4 | 2014 retiree from "The Tonight Show" |
| 35% | NOAH | 4 | 2014 movie about events from Genesis |
| 35% | ANGELS | 6 | 2014 MLB division winner from Anaheim |
| 35% | ORIOLES | 7 | 2014 MLB division winner from Baltimore |
| 35% | TIGERS | 6 | 2014 MLB division winner from Detroit |
| 35% | MSN | 3 | Web portal from Microsoft |
| 34% | CEO | 3 | Satya Nadella's title at Microsoft: Abbr. |
| 34% | CEO | 3 | Microsoft's Satya Nadella, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 34% | CEO | 3 | Satya Nadella's position in Microsoft: Abbr. |
| 34% | CAN | 3 | Emre —, Germany midfielder at Liverpool FC from 2014-18 |
| 34% | CARDINALS | 9 | 2014 MLB division winner from St. Louis |
| 34% | DODGERS | 7 | 2014 MLB division winner from Los Angeles |
| 34% | ENCARTA | 7 | Former Web reference from Microsoft |
| 34% | WEBBROWSER | 10 | Offering from Google or Microsoft |
| 33% | INZAGHI | 7 | Filippo —, manager of Italian football club Milan from 2014-15 |
| 33% | ONEI | 4 | "The ___ Love," science-fiction thriller film from 2014: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NATIONALS | 9 | 2014 MLB division winner from Washington, D.C. |
| 33% | EMAIL | 5 | Service from AOL or Microsoft Outlook |
| 33% | AIRTRAN | 7 | Budget carrier from 1993 to 2014 |
| 32% | ESQ | 3 | The Nissan Juke, sold in China from 2014 as the Infiniti ___ |
| 32% | MICHAEL | 7 | ___ Cooper, former WNBA coach for Atlanta Dream from 2014 to 2017 |