| 100% | RIMINGTON | 9 | Stella —, Director General of the Security Service from 1992-96 |
| 46% | BIRT | 4 | John —, Director-General of the BBC from 1992-2000 |
| 37% | TUSA | 4 | John —, Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986-92 |
| 37% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair —, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 37% | GREENE | 6 | Hugh —, Director-General of the BBC from 1960-69 |
| 37% | OGILVIE | 7 | Frederick —, Director-General of the BBC from 1938-42 |
| 37% | MILNE | 5 | Alasdair -, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 |
| 36% | REITH | 5 | John —, first Director-General of the BBC, from 1927-38 |
| 36% | FBI | 3 | Domestic intelligence and security service of the United States: Abbr. |
| 36% | SCARLETT | 8 | John —, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 2004-09 |
| 36% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Albert —, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1992-94 |
| 36% | BOOTHROYD | 9 | Betty —, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1992-2000 |
| 36% | AKMOLA | 6 | Name from 1992-98 of Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan |
| 36% | REYNOLDS | 8 | Albert -, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland from 1992-94 |
| 35% | SCHARNHORST | 11 | Gerhard von —, Chief of the Prussian General Staff from 1808-10 |
| 35% | ALANBROOKE | 10 | 1st Viscount —, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1941-46 |
| 35% | ESCAPEMAY | 9 | Get away from the director of "Ishtar"? |
| 34% | ICET | 4 | "Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap" director |
| 33% | BSO | 3 | One of the "Big Five" from Massachusetts whose current director is Andris Nelsons |
| 33% | ANNAN | 5 | Kofi —, Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 |
| 33% | KOFI | 4 | & 12D Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 |
| 33% | KOFI | 4 | & 26A Secretary-General of the UN from 1997-2006 |
| 32% | HBO | 3 | Channel name that was dropped from the name of streaming service Max |
| 32% | WRAP | 4 | "That's a ___!" (cry from a director at the end of shooting) |
| 32% | HANKS | 5 | Actor Tom from the 1992 sports movie "A League of Their Own" |
| 32% | PETER | 5 | & 21D Director of the National Theatre from 1973-88 |
| 32% | JEDGARHOOVER | 12 | Director of the Bureau of Investigation, now the Federal Bureau of Investigation, from 1924-72 |
| 32% | VANDIEMEN | 9 | Anthony —, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1636-45 |
| 31% | KOOP | 4 | Surgeon general of the 1980s |
| 31% | PERSHING | 8 | Wwi general of the armies |