| 100% | DDE | 3 | W.W. II hero who retired from the mil. to run for president |
| 39% | LAILAALI | 8 | Retired boxer who wrote the cookbook "Food for Life: Delicious & Healthy Comfort Food from My Table to Yours!" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | DEBS | 4 | Socialist Eugene who ran for President from prison |
| 38% | PEROT | 5 | Politician Ross who ran for president in the 1990s |
| 37% | JILL | 4 | The Green Party's Stein who ran for president in 2012 and 2016 |
| 36% | EDNA | 4 | "The Simpsons" schoolteacher Krabappel who is soon to be retired from the show |
| 36% | KEVINKLOSE | 10 | President of NPR from 1998 to 2008 who was honored with the 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award for Outstanding Contributions to Public Radio (2 wds.) |
| 35% | TRUMP | 5 | "The Apprentice" host who's running for president |
| 35% | PATPAULSEN | 10 | Deadpan comic featured on the Smothers Brothers TV show who famously ran for president six times |
| 34% | DUBYA | 5 | Nickname for the president from 2001 to 2009 |
| 34% | ROSEANNEBARR | 12 | Former sitcom star who ran for president in 2012 on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LINCOLNTUNNEL | 13 | Passage from New York to New Jersey named for the 16th president (2 wds.) |
| 33% | ROMO | 4 | Tony who played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2016 |
| 33% | SOSA | 4 | Slugger Sammy who played for the Cubs from 1992 to 2004 |
| 33% | DEION | 5 | ___ Sanders, NFL player who retired in 2001 but returned to play for the Baltimore Ravens in 2004 |
| 33% | LYNCH | 5 | Marshawn ___, NFL player who retired in 2016 but returned to play for the Oakland Raiders in 2017 |
| 33% | CUNNINGHAM | 10 | Randall ___, NFL player who retired in 1996 but returned to play for the Minnesota Vikings in 1997 |
| 33% | DDE | 3 | W.W. II hero, for short |
| 32% | FOURTEEN | 8 | With 61-Across, what President Wilson proposed for a lasting peace ... or what's missing from the answers to the starred clues |
| 32% | MOSS | 4 | Randy ___, NFL player who retired in 2011 but returned to play for the San Francisco 49ers in 2012 |
| 32% | ROB | 3 | ___ Gronkowski, NFL player who retired in 2019 but returned to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 |
| 32% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 32% | MITT | 4 | Romney who ran for president |
| 32% | GORE | 4 | Al who ran for president |
| 32% | GENERALDEGAULLE | 15 | W.W. II hero who later had a successful career in politics |
| 32% | ELI | 3 | Manning who retired from the NFL after the 2019 season |
| 32% | ROCKYMARCIANO | 13 | Boxer from the 50s who is the only world heavyweight champion in professional boxing to retire undefeated: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MARSHAWNLYNCH | 13 | "Beast Mode" running back who came out of retirement in 2017 to play for the Oakland Raiders: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RUFUS | 5 | King who ran for President, 1816 |
| 32% | DEWITT | 6 | Clinton who once ran for president |