| 100% | NOONE | 5 | Whom a leader follows |
| 69% | NOONE | 5 | Whom a leader trails |
| 67% | QUEEN | 5 | "Royal" title for the leader of a hive, who is followed by 11a |
| 64% | IDOL | 4 | Whom a fan club follows |
| 60% | SHAUN | 5 | "___ the Sheep," British stop-motion animated TV series that follows the adventures of a sheep who is the flock leader |
| 56% | TAKEONESCUEFROM | 15 | Follow, as a leader |
| 56% | PRES | 4 | Leader who may run a board meeting (Abbr.) |
| 55% | SUPPORTER | 9 | Sports fan who follows a team |
| 55% | RABBI | 5 | Religious leader who wears a yarmulke |
| 55% | ASSAD | 5 | Mideast leader who's a physician |
| 55% | DANTE | 5 | Who wrote "A great flame follows a little spark" |
| 54% | OBEDIENT | 8 | Like a student who follows all instructions |
| 54% | WALESA | 6 | President who was once a labor leader |
| 54% | LEO | 3 | Sort who's a natural leader, supposedly |
| 54% | PUTIN | 5 | World leader who's a judo master |
| 54% | PUTIN | 5 | World leader who was a KGB agent |
| 54% | WARLORD | 7 | Military leader who controls a small territory |
| 54% | IMAM | 4 | Religious leader who may deliver a khutbah |
| 54% | HANSEL | 6 | Boy who followed a trail of breadcrumbs |
| 53% | LAMB | 4 | Critter who follows Mary, in a nursery rhyme |
| 53% | PUTIN | 5 | World leader who's a judo black belt |
| 53% | UNEASYCHAIR | 11 | Committee leader who's a bit on edge? |
| 53% | SHAMAN | 6 | Spiritual leader who might go into a trance |
| 53% | MLK | 3 | Civil rights leader who "had a dream": Abbr. |
| 53% | THEPOPE | 7 | Spiritual leader who rides in a customized car |
| 53% | RABBI | 5 | Religious leader who presides over a bar mitzvah |
| 53% | SON | 3 | One who might follow into a family business |
| 53% | FAN | 3 | Person who might follow a band on tour |
| 52% | LAMB | 4 | Little one who follows Mary, in a nursery rhyme |
| 52% | VEGAN | 5 | One who strictly follows a plant-based diet, say |