| 100% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Rick Perry and George W. Bush served as governor |
| 39% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Rick Perry is the governor |
| 39% | TEXANS | 6 | Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush |
| 38% | ELIS | 4 | Dick Cheney and George W. Bush, for two |
| 38% | ELI | 3 | George W. Bush, as a collegian |
| 37% | YALE | 4 | Something Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have in common |
| 37% | YALE | 4 | Alma mater of Lupita Nyong'o and George W. Bush |
| 36% | MINETA | 6 | Secretary in both Clinton's and George W. Bush's cabinet |
| 36% | ABBAS | 5 | Mahmoud ___, 2003 summit participant alongside Ariel Sharon and George W. Bush |
| 36% | SONS | 4 | Jeb and George W., to George H.W. Bush |
| 35% | TEXAS | 5 | Sam Houston served as its president, senator and governor |
| 35% | MBAS | 4 | Degrees held by George W. Bush and Mitt Romney |
| 35% | YALE | 4 | Connecticut alma mater of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton |
| 35% | BONESMAN | 8 | Secret society brother to George W. Bush and John Kerry |
| 33% | SAMMYSOSA | 9 | George W. Bush, as a managing general partner of baseball's Texas Rangers, traded away ... |
| 33% | AXIS | 4 | ___ of Evil (term George W. Bush used for Iran, Iraq, and North Korea) |
| 33% | AXIS | 4 | ___ of Evil (how George W. Bush referred to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea) |
| 33% | DANACARVEY | 10 | “S.N.L.” ’s Strom Thurmond and George H. W. Bush |
| 32% | DAL | 3 | Bill ___ Col, Potomac Communications Strategies CEO and George H. W. Bush presidential campaign veteran |
| 31% | YALE | 4 | Alma mater of George W. and H.W. Bush |
| 30% | MIDAUGHTS | 9 | Part of the George W. Bush era ... or a hint to part of 18-, 26-, 38- and 46-Across |
| 30% | THESONALSORISES | 15 | George W. Bush story? |
| 30% | YALIE | 5 | George W. Bush, for one |
| 30% | ELDESTSON | 9 | George W. Bush, for one |
| 30% | UNITER | 6 | George W. Bush, self-descriptively |
| 30% | KARL | 4 | George W. Bush adviser ___ Rove |
| 30% | LAURA | 5 | George W. Bush's wife |
| 30% | ROVE | 4 | George W. Bush adviser Karl |
| 30% | CINC | 4 | George W. Bush, now: Abbr. |
| 30% | MBA | 3 | George W. Bush's degree |