| 100% | JANET | 5 | With 51-Down, John Ashcroft's predecessor as attorney general |
| 64% | RENO | 4 | Ashcroft's predecessor as attorney general |
| 52% | MEESE | 5 | Thornburgh's predecessor as Attorney General |
| 45% | RENO | 4 | Janet who preceded John Ashcroft as Attorney General |
| 37% | JANET | 5 | With 28-Down, first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 35% | GRASSO | 6 | John Reed's predecessor as N.Y.S.E. chairman, Richard ___ |
| 35% | MILTON | 6 | With 51 Down, source of answer |
| 34% | SKI | 3 | With 51 Down, high time for snow sports |
| 33% | LYNCH | 5 | Successor to Holder as attorney general |
| 33% | RENO | 4 | Successor of Barr as Attorney General |
| 33% | RENO | 4 | Attorney general before Ashcroft |
| 33% | RENO | 4 | First woman to serve as attorney general |
| 33% | BARR | 4 | Bill, who's in his second stint as Attorney General |
| 32% | SAM | 3 | With 51 Down, host of the politics podcast "The Majority Report" |
| 32% | SANTA | 5 | With 51-Down, city in California's Orange County |
| 31% | YOKO | 4 | With 24-Down, John Lennon's widow |
| 31% | OLYMPIC | 7 | With 51-Down, where to find parts of the starred answers interlocking, as suggested by their positions in the grid |
| 31% | BARR | 4 | Former attorney general with an apt surname |
| 30% | WALDO | 5 | With 39 Down, Emerson predecessors |
| 30% | JANETRENO | 9 | First woman to serve as attorney general of the US: 2 wds. |
| 30% | SURF | 4 | Paired with 51-Down, restaurant offering mixing land and sea, as 17-, 24-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across do |
| 30% | SMACK | 5 | With 33-Down, precisely, as in the middle of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 30% | ODOR | 4 | With 51-Down, unscented |
| 30% | BEST | 4 | With 51-Down, tops |
| 30% | PUERTO | 6 | With 51-Down, Boricua |
| 29% | ANDREW | 6 | With 40- and 51-Across, composer of 29-Down/60-Across, as well as 63-Across |
| 29% | USMA | 4 | Sch. with generals as alums |
| 29% | SALES | 5 | With 51-Down, commission collector |
| 29% | LENS | 4 | With 51-Down, camera protector |
| 29% | NET | 3 | With 51-Down, positive gross |