| 100% | CAESAR | 6 | Shakespearean leader who is murdered at the start of Act III |
| 39% | MAO | 3 | Leader who was the author of "On Protracted War" |
| 39% | CAESAR | 6 | Leader who was warned to beware the Ides of March |
| 38% | LOIN | 4 | "Sir" might be found at the start of it |
| 38% | CAESAR | 6 | Roman leader who was warned to beware the Ides of March |
| 37% | SADAT | 5 | World leader who was Time magazine's 1977 Man of the Year |
| 37% | USATODAYSECTION | 15 | One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across |
| 37% | PETS | 4 | Loved ones who are blessed at the Feast of St. Francis |
| 37% | ELECTRICCAR | 11 | One is parked at the starts of 17- and 38-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 36% | ENOS | 4 | Cabell who was the 1978 N.L. at-bats leader |
| 36% | PUTIN | 5 | Leader who was Time's 2007 Person of the Year |
| 36% | SEAN | 4 | Parker who was one of the original faces at Facebook |
| 36% | ELGRECO | 7 | Cretan-born painter who was a leader of the Spanish Renaissance |
| 36% | ACH | 3 | German cry that can be found at the start of "achoo" |
| 36% | DONUT | 5 | Treat whose varieties appear at the starts of four long answers and are represented a dozen times in this puzzle |
| 36% | CHEF | 4 | School figure who is in charge of food served at the cafeteria |
| 35% | EVA | 3 | Longoria who was on season 4 of "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 35% | MALCOLMX | 8 | African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Friday of May: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ITS | 3 | "The ___ Man", who appeared at the start of each Monty Python's Flying Circus episode only to be cut off after a single word |
| 35% | RZA | 3 | American rapper who is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan |
| 35% | SHAN | 4 | ___ Yu, main antagonist in "Mulan" who is the cruel leader of the Huns |
| 35% | NAMATH | 6 | Jets QB Joe who was the M.V.P. of Super Bowl III |
| 35% | NIGEL | 5 | British politican Farage who was one of the leaders of the Brexit movement |
| 35% | NANTUCKET | 9 | Where the Pequod is docked, at the start of "Moby-Dick" |
| 35% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |
| 35% | MARTIN | 6 | ___ Luther King Jr., African-American civil rights leader who is celebrated annually on the third Monday of January |
| 35% | CAESAR | 6 | Roman leader who was murdered |
| 35% | MARKSPITZ | 9 | Swimmer who was the gold medal leader at the 1972 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | Swimmer who was the gold medal leader at the 2008 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 35% | REED | 4 | ___ Richards, fictional scientist from Marvel Comics who is the leader of the Fantastic Four |