| 100% | SONTAG | 6 | Susan who wrote, "The writer's first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth" |
| 37% | GRACEPALEY | 10 | Author and activist who wrote, “It is the poet’s responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless” |
| 37% | COMEA | 5 | "There will ___ time when you have to tell the truth": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDITOR | 6 | “A person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write,” per E. B. White |
| 35% | NEIL | 4 | First name in NASA's prestigious list of astronauts who have been to the moon |
| 35% | OGDEN | 5 | First name of the poet who wrote “Candy / Is dandy / But liquor / Is quicker” |
| 34% | BARR | 4 | Former Attorney General William who testified to having told President Trump that the White House’s claims of election-stealing were “bullshit” (June, 2022) |
| 34% | DOMEE | 5 | Shi who was the first woman to have the sole director’s credit on a Pixar feature, for “Turning Red” |
| 34% | LIAR | 4 | Person who's not telling the truth |
| 34% | DOG | 3 | President Trump is the first president in over 100 years not to have one of these |
| 34% | GEHRIG | 6 | Yankee who was the first major-leaguer to have his number retired |
| 33% | TSELIOT | 7 | Who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 33% | JENNA | 5 | Marbles who is the first social-media star to have a wax statue at Madame Tussauds |
| 33% | SWOOPES | 7 | Sheryl who was the first W.N.B.A. player to have a signature shoe |
| 33% | KITTYCARLISLE | 13 | Theater actress who was a regular "To Tell the Truth" panelist: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOMPOSTON | 9 | "Newhart" actor who was a regular "To Tell the Truth" panelist: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NENE | 4 | Leakes who was a panelist on "To Tell the Truth" and "Fashion Police" |
| 32% | ELAYNE | 6 | Boosler who was the first woman to have an hour-long comedy special on cable TV |
| 32% | SAHL | 4 | Satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 32% | LORNASIMPSON | 12 | "Projects 23" photographer who was the first African-American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MARCOPOLO | 9 | Venetian explorer, who is known to be the first to have detailed accounts of travel to, and about China: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper" |
| 32% | PEGGYCASS | 9 | "Auntie Mame" Oscar nominee who was a regular "To Tell the Truth" panelist: 2 wds |
| 32% | SAHL | 4 | Political satirist who said "If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job" |
| 32% | JOHNMADDEN | 10 | Football player turned broadcaster who was the first one to have worked for all of the "Big Four" TV networks: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
| 32% | MARX | 4 | Philosopher who wrote, “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” |
| 32% | AYNRAND | 7 | Who wrote "Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think" |
| 32% | SEATTLESLEW | 11 | 1977 Triple Crown winner who was the first American champion to have been undefeated in previous races: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MACAO | 5 | Asian territory that has its own National Olympic Committee but is not allowed to compete at the Olympic Games |