| 100% | STEELE | 6 | Whom Priebus succeeded in 2011 |
| 52% | AGNEW | 5 | Whom Ford succeeded in '73 |
| 49% | TSONGAS | 7 | Whom Kerry succeeded in the U.S. Senate |
| 46% | DALEY | 5 | Emanuel succeeded him in 2011 |
| 46% | SHAQ | 4 | Cager who retired in 2011 |
| 45% | RAUL | 4 | Castro who succeeded Fidel in Cuba |
| 45% | SEGEL | 5 | Jason —, lead actor in 2011 comedy Jeff, Who Lives at Home |
| 44% | CLAUDIUS | 8 | Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula in 41AD |
| 44% | ELIZABETH | 9 | Queen who succeeded Mary I in 1558 |
| 44% | TIBERIUS | 8 | Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus in 14 CE |
| 44% | HADRIAN | 7 | Roman emperor who succeeded Trajan in AD 117 |
| 44% | DUNCAN | 6 | King of Scotland who succeeded Malcolm in 1034 |
| 43% | UNDERSTUDY | 10 | One who succeeds in a performance |
| 43% | OTTOII | 6 | Holy Roman emperor who succeeded his father in 973 |
| 43% | ROBERTIGER | 10 | Executive who succeeded 32-Across in 2005: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ALEX | 4 | Padilla who succeeded Kamala Harris in the US Senate |
| 41% | CALVIN | 6 | ___ Coolidge, 30th US president who succeeded Warren G. Harding in 1923 |
| 41% | ZOE | 3 | ___ Saldana, American action star who featured in the 2011 movie "Colombiana" |
| 41% | YETI | 4 | Monster who is the "Snow Beast" in a 2011 horror movie |
| 41% | CHRISPAUL | 9 | NBA star who was traded in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 40% | BANA | 4 | Eric who starred in 2011's "Hanna" |
| 40% | POOH | 4 | Bear who starred in two Disney animated features, in 1977 and 2011 |
| 40% | CAGE | 4 | Nicolas ___, American action star who featured in the 2011 movie "Drive Angry" |
| 39% | AMY | 3 | Singer Winehouse who died in 2011 |
| 39% | OATEN | 5 | Gemma —, actress who played Rachel Breckle in ITV soap Emmerdale from 2011-15 |
| 39% | AARON | 5 | ___ Rodgers, NFL quarterback born in December who was the 2011 Super Bowl MVP |
| 39% | WONAT | 5 | Succeeded in |
| 39% | WINAT | 5 | Succeed in |
| 39% | RENE | 4 | & 23A Actress who played Frigga in 2011 action film Thor |
| 38% | BAKER | 5 | Tom —, actor who succeeded Jon Pertwee as the Doctor in BBC series Doctor Who |