| 100% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | The 28th US President and leader of the progressive movement was the first attend a world series |
| 38% | DONALD | 6 | The first name of a Disney Duck and a US president |
| 37% | MEANY | 5 | Labor leader George who was the first president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. |
| 36% | ANNPRESTON | 10 | American physician and activist who was the first female dean of a medical school in the world: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | The 7th US president and hero of the battle of New Orleans was 1st to be targeted for assassination |
| 35% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 35% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 35% | ROADTOSINGAPORE | 15 | 1940 Crosby/Lamour/Hope film that was the first of a "travel" series |
| 34% | 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.) |
| 33% | DYLANDREILING | 13 | 19-Across outfielder who had a .341 season batting average and was named MVP of the 2024 Men's College World Series (2 wds.) |
| 33% | KENNYLOGGINS | 12 | "We Are the World" singer who was half of a famous duo (oh, and one more thing...) |
| 33% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 33% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of 1827 volume of poetry The Christian Year |
| 32% | AIMECESAIRE | 11 | Poet and intellectual who was a founder of the Négritude movement |
| 32% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first US president to be assassinated |
| 32% | MEANY | 5 | George who was the first president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. |
| 32% | ENOS | 4 | Slaughter who was a star of the 1946 World Series |
| 32% | SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | 15 | "We were just talking about you!" and a hint to the first words of the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 32% | JAMESMADISON | 12 | U.S. president who was the first to have served in the House of Representatives, the first to have an inaugural ball, and the first to wear long pants instead of knee breeches (2 wds.) |
| 32% | JOHNSON | 7 | He was US president for the first 20 days of 1969 |
| 32% | ORTIZ | 5 | Slugger David who was a hero of the 2013 World Series |
| 32% | GORE | 4 | Al ___, Harvard alum and 45th U.S. vice-president who was a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize |
| 32% | ZANDERSECHRIST | 14 | 19-Across pitcher who had a 3.12 season ERA and was the winning pitcher of the final game of the 2024 Men's College World Series (2 wds.) |
| 32% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 32% | NEHRU | 5 | His sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, was the first female president of the U.N. General Assembly |
| 31% | MARLINS | 7 | Florida squad that was the first to win two World Series titles as a wild-card team |
| 31% | VACATION | 8 | "Jersey Shore Family ___," reality TV series that was a revival and sequel of the original "Jersey Shore" series |
| 31% | MARIA | 5 | ___ Mitchell, astronomer who was the first female professor of astronomy and the first American to discover a comet |
| 31% | VVEBDUBOIS | 10 | Historian, essayist and civil rights leader who was the first African American to receive a doctorate at Harvard |