| 100% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 34% | KENNEDY | 7 | John F. ___, US President who was nominated for a Grammy in the Spoken Word category in 1964 |
| 33% | JOHNMELLENCAMP | 14 | "Jack & Diane" singer who had a hit in 1986 with "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LEEGREENWOOD | 12 | "I.O.U." singer who had a hit in 2001 with "God Bless the U.S.A.": 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALBA | 4 | Actress Jessica who has a cameo in the movie "Entourage" |
| 31% | MYA | 3 | Single-named singer who had a role in the movie "Chicago" |
| 30% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BILL | 4 | ___ Clinton, US President who has won two Grammys in the Spoken Word category |
| 30% | TRUMAN | 6 | With 33-Across, friend of 15-Across who was the basis for Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 30% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | "Good Vibrations" group who had a hit in 1963 with "Surfin' U.S.A.": 3 wds. |
| 29% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th US president who published "Why Not the Best?" in 1976, for his presidential campaign: 2 wds. |
| 29% | JASONALEXANDER | 14 | "Seinfeld" actor who had an orangutan costar in the 1996 movie "Dunston Checks In": 2 wds. |
| 29% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S. who had a general store in New Salem |
| 29% | WARRENGHARDING | 14 | US president who had a pet squirrel named Pete: 3 wds. |
| 29% | GEORGEHWBUSH | 12 | 41st US president for whom a Houston airport was renamed in 1997: 4 wds. |
| 29% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 29% | PATRICKSWAYZE | 13 | "Dirty Dancing" star who had a top 10 hit with "She's Like the Wind" in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 29% | AARONECKHART | 12 | "The Dark Knight" costar who plays the US president in "London Has Fallen": 2 wds. |
| 29% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th US president for whom a DC-area airport was renamed in 1998: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOHNFKENNEDY | 12 | 35th US president for whom a New York City airport was renamed in 1963: 3 wds. |
| 28% | DIPLO | 5 | DJ who had a hit with Where Are Ü Now in 2015 |
| 28% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | U.S. president who was the first born in Illinois, the first to have been divorced, and the first to nominate a woman to the Supreme Court (2 wds.) |
| 28% | MOSES | 5 | Who had a major part in the Torah? |
| 28% | BIDEN | 5 | The third president in a row with a five-letter surname (convenient for Mini crosswords!) |
| 28% | ALOE | 4 | Singer ___ Blacc who had a top-10 hit in 2014 with "The Man" |
| 28% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | U.S. president who has been listed on the TIME 100 a record 11 times (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ABRAHAM | 7 | ___ Lincoln, 16th US President who has a wax statue at Madame Tussauds, New York |
| 28% | DOM | 3 | Actor DeLuise who has a cameo as Bernie the Agent in "The Muppet Movie" |
| 28% | TINATURNER | 10 | "Private Dancer" singer who has a solo in "We Are the World": 2 wds. |
| 28% | SALLYFIELD | 10 | Actress who had a 28-year gap between Oscar nominations for 1984's "Places in the Heart" and 2012's "Lincoln": 2 wds. |