| 100% | OBOTE | 5 | Uganda's President Milton ___, succeeded by Idi Amin in '71 and preceded by him in '80 |
| 32% | UGANDA | 6 | Country ruled by Idi Amin in the 1970s |
| 31% | IDI | 3 | Uganda's Commander ___ Amin, who declared himself president in a military coup in 1971 |
| 30% | OBRIEN | 6 | Leno succeeded and preceded him |
| 29% | PERES | 5 | P.M. preceded and succeeded by Shamir |
| 29% | SHINE | 5 | Sparkle and he’s in trouble |
| 28% | SPIRAL | 6 | When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27-Down |
| 28% | ATTLEE | 6 | Churchill preceded and succeeded him |
| 27% | SHEE | 4 | Fairy-like Irish being that lives underground or in an alternate universe and which is sometimes preceded by the word "ban" |
| 27% | FINN | 4 | Olympic sailing class won by GB’s Giles Scott in 2016 and 2020 |
| 27% | LAS | 3 | "Fear and Loathing in ___ Vegas," 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson |
| 27% | ALFRANKEN | 9 | Minnesota senator and former "SNL" writer who swears he's not running for President in 2020: 2 wds. |
| 26% | TWIST | 5 | "___ and Shout" (Beatles hit lip-synced by Matthew Broderick in " Ferris Bueller's Day Off") |
| 26% | TEDDY | 5 | "17-Across and 58-Across" character who thinks he's President Roosevelt |
| 26% | TUT | 3 | He was succeeded by his great-uncle Ay |
| 26% | BERLE | 5 | He played himself in "Broadway Danny Rose" and "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" |
| 26% | PERON | 5 | President overthrown in 1955 and re-elected in 1973 |
| 26% | NIXON | 5 | He's mocked by Arlo Guthrie in "Presidential Rag" |
| 26% | CIE | 3 | It's often preceded by "&" in Fr. |
| 25% | EGOTS | 5 | Achievements completed by Elton John in '24 and 5-Across in '23 |
| 25% | COGSWORTH | 9 | He's the enchanted clock in Beauty and the Beast |
| 25% | SWAHILI | 7 | Language that's spoken in Kenya and Uganda |
| 25% | HOTMAIL | 7 | Web-based service succeeded by Outlook in 2013 |
| 25% | WADERS | 6 | Foot- and legwear worn by fishermen in rivers |
| 25% | LEAF | 4 | Preceded by 1-, 9- and 65-Across, what each circled word literally suggests |
| 25% | IDI | 3 | Amin played by Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” |
| 25% | ROBERTDOWNEYJR | 14 | He played 46-Across in 2009 and 2011 movies: 3 wds. |
| 25% | GLOVE | 5 | Gold ___ (fielding award won by 14-Across in 2002 and 2003) |
| 25% | HANSEL | 6 | He's saved by his sister, in a story |
| 25% | WHEREWASI | 9 | Lost-one's-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-Across |