| 100% | KEVINPOWERS | 11 | U.S. Army veteran who wrote the war novels "The Yellow Birds" and "A Shout in the Ruins" (2 wds.) |
| 64% | DAVIDABRAMS | 11 | U.S. Army veteran who wrote the war novels "Fobbit" and "Brave Deeds" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | ELLIOTACKERMAN | 14 | U.S. Marine Corps veteran who wrote the war novels "Green on Blue" and "Dark at the Crossings" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 43% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Soccer player who achieved a hat trick for the US Men's National Team in 2015 and 2017: 2 wds. |
| 40% | MARTINAHINGIS | 13 | Woman who won the Australian Open and US Open in 1997 without losing a set: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDREWJOHNSON | 13 | 17th president who served in the US Army during the Civil War: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAMESGARFIELD | 13 | 20th president who served in the US Army during the Civil War: 2 wds. |
| 40% | NICKOFFERMAN | 12 | "Parks and Recreation" actor who plays the US president in "Civil War": 2 wds. |
| 40% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | TAMMYDUCKWORTH | 14 | Illinois congresswoman and Iraq War veteran elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOEDIMAGGIO | 11 | Hall of Fame Yankees legend who served in the US Army during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JACKIEROBINSON | 14 | Hall of Fame Dodgers legend who served in the US Army during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 39% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RAFERJOHNSON | 12 | US track-and-field star who got a silver and a gold medal in the decathlon in consecutive Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Irish poet and playwright who wrote only one novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in his lifetime: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TEDWILLIAMS | 11 | Hall of Fame Red Sox legend who served in the US Navy and Marine Corps during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ARTHURASHE | 10 | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (1981-1985) and wrote "A Hard Road to Glory": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LINDSAYLOHAN | 12 | Actress who starred as both the twins in 29a, a 1998 hit based on the novel "Lottie and Lisa": 2 wds. |
| 38% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BRANDICHASTAIN | 14 | 1996 and 2004 US soccer Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir "It's Not About the Bra": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LESLIEKNOPE | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" character who's credited with writing the 2011 book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America": 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALANALDA | 8 | Hawkeye Pierce portrayer who wrote, directed, and starred in the final episode of "M*A*S*H" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 37% | 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.) |
| 37% | HENRYFONDA | 10 | World War II veteran who played a WWII brigadier general in "The Longest Day": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Civil rights icon and poet who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings": 2 wds. |
| 37% | MRSDALLOWAY | 11 | Virginia Woolf's novel about a day in the life of a woman in England post World War I: 2 wds. |