| 100% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 39-Across, president who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863 |
| 43% | WHITEHOUSE | 10 | With 50 Across, to whom Tom Hanks gave a 39 Across in 2017 |
| 37% | ABRAHAM | 7 | ___ Lincoln, President who declared Thanksgiving Day as a federal holiday |
| 36% | RICHARD | 7 | With 19 Across, billionaire who took a notable vacation in July 2021 |
| 36% | ESTES | 5 | Kefauver who ran with 39 Across in 1956 |
| 36% | THERESAMAY | 10 | With 39 and 56 Across, how a Tory and a pundit might differ in decisiveness |
| 36% | SEA | 3 | With 39-Across, pirate witch who was a foe of Popeye in early comics |
| 35% | OBAMA | 5 | Former U.S. president who was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | With 39-Across, "Snowpiercer" actor who starred as John Merrick in 16-Across |
| 34% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Hairspray" actress who plays Betty Ford in "The First Lady" |
| 33% | MARYMCDONNELL | 13 | "Independence Day" actress who played Stands With a Fist in "Dances With Wolves": 2 wds. |
| 33% | SHORT | 5 | With 39-Across, some Sundance submissions … or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 33% | RONALD | 6 | With 39-Across, film star and future US president who was president of SAG, 1959-1960 |
| 33% | NATALIE | 7 | With 39-Across, "Black Swan" actress who went bald for her role in "V for Vendetta" |
| 33% | NBA | 3 | With 39-Across, classic sports video game ... or a hint to four squares in this puzzle |
| 33% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States who issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day in 1914: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 32% | MICHELLE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Manchester by the Sea" Oscar nominee who played the title dancer in 45-Across |
| 32% | SNOOPY | 6 | Cartoon beagle who is a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| 32% | TIMOTHEE | 8 | With 39-Across, "Wonka" actor who costars with Zendaya in the 2021 and 2024 "Dune" films: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ARTHUR | 6 | With 39-Across, "The Crucible" playwright who was blacklisted for his leftist views in the Joseph McCarthy period |
| 31% | ALYSSA | 6 | With 30-Across, "Mistresses" actress who was named a UNICEF Ambassador in 2003 |
| 30% | GRACE | 5 | With 35-Across, actress who starred with Cary Grant in Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" |
| 30% | CARRIE | 6 | With 18-Across and 21-Down, National American Woman Suffrage Association president starting in 1900 |
| 30% | JULIAN | 6 | With 33-Across, former mayor of San Antonio, Texas who ran for president in 2020 |
| 30% | PEAR | 4 | With 63 Across, ''partridge in a'' place |
| 30% | CHIA | 4 | With 65 Across, morsel in a smoothie |
| 30% | LUPITA | 6 | With 31-Across, "12 Years a Slave" actress who played intelligence agent Nakia in "Black Panther" |
| 30% | ASHLEY | 6 | With 30-Across, plus-sized model who was named a Revlon Global Brand Ambassador in 2018 |
| 30% | OBAMA | 5 | President who won a 2022 Emmy for narrating "Our Great National Parks" |