| 100% | JULIA | 5 | With 2-Down, chef who helped popularize chicken cordon bleu in the U.S. |
| 40% | MEMORIALDAY | 11 | Federal holiday in the U.S. in honor of the people who laid down their lives while serving in the armed forces: 2 wds. |
| 38% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 38% | CLINTDEMPSEY | 12 | Ex-player in the English Premier League, who is the leading U.S. goalscorer in the FIFA World Cup, tied with 30a: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 36% | JUSTINBALDONI | 13 | "Jane the Virgin" actor who plays Ryle in "It Ends With Us": 2 wds. |
| 36% | PAULPRUDHOMME | 13 | TV chef who helped popularize Cajun cuisine on PBS: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 35% | GONZO | 5 | Muppet who's in love with Camilla the Chicken |
| 35% | TOLEDO | 6 | With 2-Down, the oldest sister city in the U.S. |
| 34% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 34% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MYKAYLASKINNER | 14 | US gymnast who won silver in women's vault at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 33% | PENELOPEANN | 11 | With 50-Across, "Carlito's Way" actress who plays the First Lady in 16-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | JADECAREY | 9 | US gymnast who won gold in women's floor exercise at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ROONEYMARA | 10 | "Carol" actress who starred in 2011's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 33% | JUSTINBALDONI | 13 | "Jane the Virgin" actor who plays Ryle Kincaid in "It Ends With Us" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | EMMA | 4 | Watson who helped launch the U.N. campaign HeForShe in 2014 |
| 32% | SUNISALEE | 9 | US gymnast who won gold in women's individual all-around at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 32% | GRAND | 5 | With 2-Down, U.S. national park that's larger than the entirety of Rhode Island |
| 32% | DUSTINJOHNSON | 13 | Current World Number 1 in the World Golf Rankings, American pro golfer who won the 2016 U.S. Open: 2 wds. |
| 32% | OCTAVIASPENCER | 14 | "The Help" Oscar winner who was Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year in 2017: 2 wds. |
| 32% | MABARKER | 8 | Midwest woman with four gangster sons who was gunned down by the FBI in 1935: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 31% | MICHELLEWIE | 11 | 2014 US Women's Open winner who received the Best Female Golfer ESPY Award in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 31% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 31% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 31% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | US president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |