| 100% | RERAN | 5 | What Ralph Nader did in 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 46% | NADER | 5 | Third-place finisher in 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 46% | NADER | 5 | Ralph who finished third in the presidential races of 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 42% | AMALGAMATE | 10 | What America Online and Time Warner did in 2000 |
| 40% | NADER | 5 | Unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 |
| 39% | BUSH | 4 | Winner in 2000 and 2004 |
| 39% | KERRI | 5 | Walsh with 2004 and 2008 gold medals in beach volleyball |
| 37% | SHED | 4 | What many dogs do in the spring and fall |
| 36% | KUCINICH | 8 | Also-ran in the 2004 and 2008 Democratic Presidential primaries |
| 36% | WENTDEAF | 8 | What Beethoven did in his 30s and 40s |
| 35% | RHYME | 5 | What the first, second and fifth lines in a limerick do |
| 35% | AGREE | 5 | What the nouns and verb in this clue doesn't do |
| 35% | NADER | 5 | Third-place finisher in 2004 and 2008 |
| 34% | BREAKUP | 7 | Split, and, in another way, what the starred answers do |
| 34% | SHRED | 5 | What surfers and guitarists can do, in slang |
| 34% | FLEE | 4 | What Bonnie and Clyde did successfully until their ambush in 1934 in Louisiana |
| 34% | THEYALSOSERVE | 13 | What standers and waiters do in tennis? |
| 34% | ELOPE | 5 | What Othello and Desdemona do in "Othello" |
| 33% | FIRE | 4 | What President Trump did frequently on TV in the years 2004-15 |
| 33% | LINKS | 5 | What do websites, sausages and golf courses all have in common? |
| 33% | BANKS | 5 | What do rivers, airplanes and Wall Street all have in common? |
| 33% | HAVEACASE | 9 | Be justified in pressing a suit, and what the starred answers all do |
| 33% | HIDEF | 5 | TV type, and, read differently, what you do four times in this puzzle |
| 32% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 32% | LETYOURHAIRDOWN | 15 | Act in an uninhibited way, and what to do three times in this grid |
| 32% | PAYTHEBILLS | 11 | Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do |
| 32% | BREAKALEG | 9 | Well wishes before a performance, and what you do by filling in the circles |
| 32% | RAISEMONEY | 10 | Get support, in a way ... and what the puzzle circles do |
| 32% | SCURRY | 6 | What chicks and ducks and geese better do, in song |
| 32% | PLAYINGSOLO | 11 | What Harrison Ford was doing in 1977, 1980 and 1983? |