| 100% | OSCEOLA | 7 | Seminole leader during Florida's Second Seminole War who was captured when meeting with US troops during a supposed truce |
| 25% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 24% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 24% | DADE | 4 | Seminole War officer for whom a county was named |
| 23% | STLEO | 5 | A famous religious leader who met with Attila the Hun: 2 wds |
| 23% | BETTYFORD | 9 | 1970s US First Lady who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 23% | MATAHARI | 8 | Dancer who was a German spy during World War I: 2 wds. |
| 23% | LOU | 3 | Dobbs who suggested that the US should start a war with China |
| 22% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 22% | LAA | 3 | When doubled, a bright teletubby with a curly antenna who is associated with the color at 42a |
| 22% | JOHNWOODEN | 10 | UCLA basketball coach with a record 10 NCAA titles who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 22% | HANKAARON | 9 | Hall of Fame Braves slugger with 755 home runs who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 21% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 21% | TOTALECLIPSE | 12 | Event across the U.S. on 4/8/24 ... and, with 57-Across, 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit that would be apt to play during a 46-Across |
| 21% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Mississippi novelist who was featured on a 2009 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 21% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" writer who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 21% | ELIHU | 5 | ___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 21% | OCEAN | 5 | With 33-Across, Vietnamese American "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" novelist who was honored with a 2024 Great Immigrants award |
| 21% | YODA | 4 | Luke's "Star Wars" mentor, who is a green alien |
| 21% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | US leader who was Time's 2016 Person of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 21% | JEFFERSON | 9 | A U.S. president who was also an architect, musician and inventor was … |
| 21% | KRUSTY | 6 | With 21-Across, "The Simpsons" character who is a children's TV host |
| 21% | SCHUMER | 7 | Amy who is a distant cousin of a U.S. senator |
| 21% | ELENAKAGAN | 10 | Supreme Court justice who was formerly a U.S. solicitor general |
| 20% | ERNESTJGAINES | 13 | "A Lesson Before Dying" novelist who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (3 wds.) |
| 20% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 20% | ANGELA | 6 | With 33-Across, German leader who was Time's 2015 Person of the Year |
| 20% | NOBODY | 6 | I'm __. Who are you? Then there's a pair of us |
| 20% | CLARKGABLE | 10 | "Gone With the Wind" star who flew combat missions for the US Army Air Forces during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 20% | SUMMERSTOCK | 11 | 1950 film with Judy Garland as a farmer who finds love when her barn is used as a theater: 2 wds. |