| 100% | KAMALA | 6 | She became acting president for just over an hour in 2021, while Joe was under anesthesia for a procedure |
| 25% | ANGELA | 6 | Bassett who was the first person to be nominated for an Oscar for acting in a Marvel movie |
| 25% | CAMPOUT | 7 | Not be in for a while |
| 25% | ANTHONYHOPKINS | 14 | "The Father" star who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2021, becoming the oldest person to win an acting Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 24% | FRO | 3 | Been in the freezer for a while, for short |
| 24% | DECIMETERS | 10 | There are just over three in a foot |
| 24% | CHLOEZHAO | 9 | 16-Across director who won an Academy Award for Best Director in 2021, becoming the first non-white woman to win a directing Oscar (2 wds.) |
| 24% | ELECT | 5 | President-___ (title for a president who hasn't been sworn in yet) |
| 24% | SOGGY | 5 | Like cereal that's been in milk for a while |
| 23% | VET | 3 | Player who's been in the league for a while, informally |
| 23% | ONO | 3 | She was part of a "bed in" for peace |
| 23% | TEXAS | 5 | State that was an independent country for a decade beginning in 1836 |
| 23% | NOON | 4 | Zero hour for Will Kane, in a film |
| 23% | GRANDMA | 7 | A reindeer ran over her in an Elmo and Patsy song |
| 22% | DART | 4 | Acronym for a NASA space mission for defending Earth that was deployed in 2021 |
| 22% | HORCHATA | 8 | Word for a cold, sweet drink that was added to Merriam-Webster in 2021 |
| 22% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 22% | QUIDPROQUO | 10 | Withholding aid in exchange for a political investigation might be an example of one |
| 22% | INFO | 4 | It may be symbolized by an "i" in a circle, for short |
| 22% | COFFEEAND | 9 | An anthology of eleven short stories "___ Cigarettes" which was under production for 18 years before being released in 2003: 2 wds. |
| 22% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 22% | EAGELS | 6 | Jeanne ___, actress in "The Letter," for which she was posthumously nominated for an Academy Award |
| 22% | QUEENIE | 7 | She's "too cute to be a minute over 17" in a Chuck Berry song |
| 22% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 22% | PAYLOAD | 7 | The Antonov An-225 Mriya has a limit of just over 550,000 pounds for this |
| 22% | AIRFRYER | 8 | Word for a small kitchen appliance that was added to Merriam-Webster in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 22% | HARD | 4 | ___ pass, term for a firm rejection that was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2021 |
| 22% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 22% | REDSTRING | 9 | A stop-motion-animated-feature film "Blood Tea and ___" which was under production for 13 years before its release in 2006: 2 wds. |
| 22% | TYSON | 5 | Cicely who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Sounder |