| 100% | WARREN | 6 | Senator who proposed and championed the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| 37% | GORE | 4 | Senator who created and introduced the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 |
| 35% | LES | 3 | TV executive Moonves who oversaw the creation of "Friends" and "ER" |
| 35% | BILLNYE | 7 | Who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 33% | NYE | 3 | Popular engineer who wrote Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation |
| 33% | NYE | 3 | TV scientist Bill who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 33% | NYE | 3 | Science guy Bill who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 32% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | 19-Across and 34-Across writer whose work indirectly led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BINGHAM | 7 | Hiram —, historian and later US Senator who discovered the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu |
| 31% | BARTSTARR | 9 | Super Bowl I and II champion quarterback who played for the University of Alabama (2 wds.) |
| 31% | CASSIUS | 7 | Senator who was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar |
| 31% | KENJENNINGS | 11 | "Jeopardy!" champion and host who was inducted into the Jeopardy! Hall of Fame in 2025: 2 wds. |
| 30% | GEORGEMURPHY | 12 | American actor who served as the U.S. Senator from California and was also included in the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CAPABLANCA | 10 | Late Cuban chess player Jose Raul ___, who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927 and is considered one of the best ever |
| 30% | TEDCRUZ | 7 | Senator who once served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review |
| 30% | PRODUCERS | 9 | People who finance and manage the making of a film |
| 30% | CASEYSTONER | 11 | Australian motorcycle racer and two-time MotoGP World Champion, who raced for Ducati and Honda and is considered one of the best: 2 wds. |
| 30% | PATRICK | 7 | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| 30% | GUNN | 4 | James who wrote and directed both "Guardians of the Galaxy" films |
| 30% | JOEYLOGANO | 10 | 2018 and 2022 NASCAR Cup Series champion who was also the NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 29% | PYM | 3 | John —, English statesman and opponent of Charles I who helped draft and first proposed the Grand Remonstrance |
| 29% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Who wrote and sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" |
| 28% | AMONRA | 6 | Deity who, in Egypt's New Kingdom, was the champion of the poor and troubled and attained the position of King of the Gods |
| 28% | CROOK | 5 | Mackenzie —, actor and comedian who played Ragetti in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series |
| 28% | OHANLON | 7 | Ardal —, stand-up comedian and actor who authored 1998 novel The Talk of the Town |
| 28% | MIKETYSON | 9 | American former boxer who became the youngest heavyweight champion in history in 1986 at the age of 20 years and 4 months: 2 wds. |
| 28% | AIDAN | 5 | Furniture designer who proposes to Carrie on Sex and the City |
| 28% | SAGET | 5 | Bob who wrote and directed the mockumentary Farce of the Penguins |
| 28% | FTC | 3 | Bureau of Consumer Protection org. |
| 28% | KAMALAHARRIS | 12 | Former California senator who is the first woman and first person of color to be inaugurated as vice president of the United States (2 wds.) |