| 100% | PATTI | 5 | With 40-Across, daughter of the 40th president who wrote "The Long Goodbye" |
| 55% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Daughter of the 42nd president who wrote "She Persisted": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 49% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 49% | HARRYS | 6 | With 40-Across, US vice president who became president upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PATTIDAVIS | 10 | Former First Daughter who wrote the memoir "The Long Goodbye" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | CALEB | 5 | With 48-Across, novelist who wrote 40-Across and "The Angel of Darkness" |
| 42% | ADAMS | 5 | President who wrote, "Great is the guilt of unnecessary war" |
| 39% | KAMALA | 6 | With 19 Across, first female Vice President of the United States of America |
| 39% | BRETTFAVRE | 10 | Retired NFL player (birthday today) who made his name with 40-Across and is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks: 2 wds. |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote "The Audacity of Hope" in 2006 |
| 39% | BINDI | 5 | ___ Irwin, daughter of conservationist Steve Irwin who was the winner of season 21 of "Dancing with the Stars" |
| 39% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | American actor who served as the 40th President of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JOE | 3 | With 18 Across, 46th male President of the United States of America |
| 39% | OBAMA | 5 | Former President who wrote “The Audacity of Hope” |
| 38% | SASHA | 5 | One of the daughters for whom the 2010 book "Of Thee I Sing" was written |
| 38% | HARLANHOWARD | 12 | Songwriter in the Nashville Songwriters, Country Music, and Songwriters Halls of Fame who wrote the songs on 40-Across's 2023 album (2 wds.) |
| 38% | KIMMULKEY | 9 | Coach of the 40-Across who is the only coach in women's college basketball to win national championships with two teams (2 wds.) |
| 38% | LIV | 3 | With 27-Down, actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer |
| 38% | LAINEYWILSON | 12 | 2021 Academy of Country Music Awards New Artist of the Year who sings 30-Across with 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Rex: 2 wds. |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Writer who wrote "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity" |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Author who wrote "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity" |
| 38% | XMARKS | 6 | With 40-Across, key to the "map" of this puzzle |
| 37% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | TEY | 3 | Josephine who wrote "The Daughter of Time" |
| 37% | RUDOLPHTHE | 10 | With 57 Across, a more accurate way to describe the guy who works the mother of all night jobs? |
| 37% | NAN | 3 | Britton who wrote "The President's Daughter," 1927 |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote the memoir "A Promised Land" |
| 37% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |