| 100% | LIND | 4 | Soprano who once worked for P. T. Barnum |
| 47% | PEROT | 5 | Past presidential candidate who once worked for IBM |
| 47% | CIRCUSTENT | 10 | Portable venue for P. T. Barnum |
| 46% | LECAR | 5 | Best-selling author who once worked for Britain's MI6 |
| 45% | SHOWMAN | 7 | P. T. Barnum, for example |
| 44% | SAMS | 4 | Donaldson who once worked for ABC News and Elliott who starred in "The Hero" |
| 44% | ATARI | 5 | Whom Woz once worked for |
| 43% | LECARRE | 7 | Spy novelist John who once worked for Britain’s M.I.5 and M.I.6 |
| 40% | SHOWMAN | 7 | P.t. barnum, for one |
| 36% | TESLA | 5 | He once worked for Edison |
| 36% | GRACE | 5 | ___ Kelly, "Dial M for Murder" actress who worked with Alfred Hitchcock more than once |
| 36% | NSA | 3 | Org. Edward Snowden once worked for |
| 35% | SHOWMAN | 7 | P. T. Barnum, notably |
| 35% | RECTORS | 7 | Whom vicars work for |
| 35% | OSS | 3 | Org. that Julia Child once worked for |
| 35% | SHOWMAN | 7 | P. T. Barnum's profession |
| 34% | KGB | 3 | Security agency Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 34% | OPERA | 5 | Musical work for sopranos |
| 34% | APU | 3 | Toon shopkeeper who once worked a 96-hour shift |
| 34% | ATARI | 5 | Video game maker that Steve Jobs once worked for |
| 33% | MADONNA | 7 | "Ray of Light" singer who once worked at Dunkin' Donuts |
| 33% | STEVEO | 6 | "Jackass" star who once worked as a circus clown: Hyph. |
| 33% | KGB | 3 | Soviet spy agency that Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 33% | ACME | 4 | San Francisco detective agency that Carmen Sandiego once worked for |
| 33% | KGB | 3 | Old Soviet group that Vladimir Putin once worked for: Abbr. |
| 33% | IRANISTAN | 9 | Persian-style residence built by P. T. Barnum |
| 33% | ASPCA | 5 | Org. that battled P. T. Barnum |
| 33% | BARNUM | 6 | P. T., who started a circus |
| 32% | LIEGE | 5 | For whom a vassal worked |
| 32% | TRUDEAU | 7 | World leader who once worked as a bouncer and a snowboarding instructor |