| 100% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | US president who coauthored 2018's "The President Is Missing" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 48% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 48% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the WNBA's MVP three times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | U.S. president who was awarded the Silver Star in WWII by General MacArthur (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GEORGEBUSH | 10 | 41st US president (1989-1993) who was on the varsity baseball team at Yale: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DOLLYPARTON | 11 | Country singer who coauthored 2022's "Run, Rose, Run" with 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Ex-player in the English Premier League, who is the leading U.S. goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup, tied with 30a: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who has been listed on the TIME 100 a record 11 times (2 wds.) |
| 45% | HELENMIRREN | 11 | "The Queen" Oscar winner who was honored with Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award in 2018: 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% | DONALDTRUMP | 11 | US leader who was Time's 2016 Person of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 44% | JIMCOURIER | 10 | Tennis champ who captained the US's Davis Cup team (2011-2018) and is a Tennis Channel commentator: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EZRAMILLER | 10 | "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" actor, who plays The Flash in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | OLIVIARODRIGO | 13 | "Good 4 U" singer who was Billboard's 2021 Woman of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 43% | JASONLEE | 8 | "My Name Is Earl" actor who plays the president's brother on "The Residence": 2 wds. |
| 43% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. President who awarded Rita Moreno the National Medal of Arts in 2009 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CYNTHIACOOPER | 13 | Basketball Hall of Famer who was the very first MVP of the WNBA and MVP two times with the 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Former US president who authored the book "The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War": 2 wds. |
| 43% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | Musically inclined 20th-century US president who was in his law school's glee club: 2 wds. |
| 42% | BOBMARLEY | 9 | Reggae legend who was honored with the Ben & Jerry's flavor One Love: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ARIANAGRANDE | 12 | "Positions" singer who was Billboard's 2018 Woman of the Year: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CAREY | 5 | With 31-Across, Canadiens goalie who won the Hart Memorial Trophy for the 2014-2015 season: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CALVINCOOLIDGE | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| 42% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | 36th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |
| 42% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | 37th US president, who served in the Navy during World War II: 2 wds. |