| 100% | MINISTERIAL | 11 | Serving as a diplomat below the rank of ambassador |
| 52% | LEGATIONS | 9 | Diplomatic ministers, below the rank of ambassador |
| 45% | SEAMEN | 6 | A person who works as a sailor who is below the rank of officer |
| 45% | DEPTH | 5 | Distance below the surface, as of a swimming pool |
| 38% | EPITOMIZE | 9 | Serve as the ideal example of |
| 38% | HEADLINE | 8 | Serve as star of the show |
| 37% | DAME | 4 | Woman's title equal to the rank of a knight |
| 36% | RAHM | 4 | Emanuel who served as the mayor of Chicago |
| 36% | OMEN | 4 | Event seen as a prediction of the future |
| 36% | EDITIN | 6 | Introduce as a part of the movie, say |
| 36% | OSTIA | 5 | Town that served as the port of ancient Rome |
| 36% | YODA | 4 | He served as Grand Master of the Jedi Council |
| 36% | REGREW | 6 | Came back, as a severed head of the Hydra |
| 36% | MINUTEMAN | 9 | Fighter used as a symbol of the National Guard |
| 36% | CORPORAL | 8 | A rank in the army below sergeant |
| 36% | ATTIC | 5 | Space below the roof of a house |
| 35% | IAGO | 4 | Parrot who serves as a sidekick for Jafar in the Disney animated film "Aladdin" |
| 35% | JANET | 5 | Yellen who served as the chair of the Federal Reserve |
| 35% | BEARCAT | 7 | Fierce mammal that serves as the University of Cincinnati mascot |
| 35% | ESAU | 4 | Biblical figure referred to as a "son of the desert" |
| 35% | BLUBBER | 7 | Thick layer of fatty tissue below the skin of a whale used as a source of oil |
| 35% | PEEK | 4 | Look below the bottom of a blindfold, say |
| 35% | NOUN | 4 | The subject of a sentence, as a rule |
| 35% | FRO | 3 | The opposite of to, as on a swing |
| 35% | NAY | 3 | The opposite of "Yea," as in a vote |
| 35% | RENVOI | 6 | Expulsion, as of a foreign diplomat |
| 35% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | Either of the two presidents who also served as a 17-Across from 62-Across |
| 35% | GEN | 3 | Rank of Mark A. Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (abbr.) |
| 35% | RAHM | 4 | Emanuel who currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan |
| 35% | RAUL | 4 | Fidel Castro's brother who served as the President of Cuba |