| 100% | DOJ | 3 | U.S. Attorney General's division (Abbr.) |
| 69% | DOJ | 3 | Government org. headed by the U.S. Attorney General (Abbr.) |
| 67% | MEESE | 5 | U.S. Attorney General, 1985-88 |
| 67% | BARR | 4 | U.S. attorney general before Garland |
| 65% | RENO | 4 | First female U.S. Attorney General |
| 65% | YATES | 5 | Sally ___, former U.S. attorney general |
| 65% | RENO | 4 | Former U.S. attorney general Janet |
| 64% | RENO | 4 | First female U.S. Attorney General, Janet |
| 60% | LORETTA | 7 | ___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 60% | JANET | 5 | With 28-Down, first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 59% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 57% | LLB | 3 | Attorney's degree, in the U.K.: Abbr. |
| 57% | ERICHOLDER | 10 | U.S. attorney general, 2009-15, and a hint to 16-Across and 15- and 28-Down |
| 57% | ERIC | 4 | US Attorney General Holder |
| 57% | BARR | 4 | US Attorney General William |
| 56% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the U.S.’s first female Attorney General |
| 56% | JAYNEATKINSON | 13 | "House of Cards" actress who plays the U.S. Attorney General on 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | RBH | 3 | US president after Ulysses S. Grant: Abbr. |
| 56% | LLBS | 4 | U.K. attorneys' degrees: Abbr. |
| 54% | JANETRENO | 9 | First female US Attorney General |
| 54% | RENO | 4 | First female US Attorney General |
| 54% | RENO | 4 | Former US Attorney General Janet |
| 54% | ERIC | 4 | Former US Attorney General Holder |
| 52% | JEFFSESSIONS | 12 | The current US Attorney General: 2 wds. |
| 51% | HOLDER | 6 | Eric who is the current US Attorney General |
| 51% | KENNEDY | 7 | Robert F —, US Attorney General from 1961-64 |
| 50% | DOJ | 3 | Attorney General's org. |
| 50% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the first female US attorney general |
| 50% | RENO | 4 | Former US Attorney General Janet who died in November |
| 50% | RENO | 4 | Janet who was the US Attorney General, 1993-2001 |