| 100% | ABRAHAMLINCOLN | 14 | US president (1861-1865) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 88% | JAMESMONROE | 11 | US president (1817-1825) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 88% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | US president (1945-1953) who was not a college graduate: 2 wds. |
| 47% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Left-handed politician who was US president from 1993 to 2001: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Left-handed politician who was US president from 2009 to 2017: 2 wds. |
| 46% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 45% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | US president who killed a man in a duel more than 20 years before taking office: 2 wds. |
| 45% | GEORGEBUSH | 10 | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 45% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th US president who published "Why Not the Best?" in 1976, for his presidential campaign: 2 wds. |
| 45% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | Musically inclined 20th-century US president who was in his law school's glee club: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president who published "Profiles in Courage" in 1956, while he was a senator: 3 wds. |
| 45% | PIANOMAN | 8 | Person who was asked to "sing us a song tonight" in a Billy Joel hit: 2 wds. |
| 45% | SAULBELLOW | 10 | "Herzog" author and Nobel Prize winner who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESDEAN | 9 | "Rebel Without a Cause" star who was never a college executive: 2 wds. |
| 44% | CALVINCOOLIDGE | 14 | US president who had (among other pets) a raccoon, donkey, goose, bobcat, hippo, wallaby, bear, and two lion cubs: 2 wds. |
| 44% | GERALDFORD | 10 | 38th US president (1974-1977) who was on the varsity football team at the University of Michigan: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 44% | HANKAARON | 9 | Hall of Fame Braves slugger with 755 home runs who was honored with a 2024 US postage stamp: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RICHARDWRIGHT | 13 | Mississippi novelist who was featured on a 2009 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 42% | MORGANFREEMAN | 13 | "The Bucket List" actor who is a U.S. Air Force veteran (2 wds.) |
| 42% | SUNNYANDERSON | 13 | "Cooking for Real" host who is a U.S. Air Force veteran (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" writer who is honored on a 2023 U.S. postage stamp (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TIMDUNCAN | 9 | Spurs power forward for 19 years, who was a top U.S. swimmer in the 400m freestyle before shifting to basketball: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ATOY | 4 | "Love is not a gadget. Love is not ___....": 2 wds. |
| 42% | HOOVER | 6 | US president after whom a dam is named |
| 41% | ALEXANDERHAIG | 13 | US Secretary of State who announced "I am in control here" after President Reagan was shot: 2 wds. |
| 41% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | US president who coauthored 2018's "The President Is Missing" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | WILLACATHER | 11 | "My Ántonia" novelist who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 1973 (2 wds.) |