| ADU | Freddy who signed a soccer contract at |
| BABE | Ruth, who signed a historic Yankee contract in 1920 |
| ARIEL | Mermaid who signed a potentially unenforceable contract with Ursula |
| INGLES | Australian basketballer who signed a $US14 million, one-year contract extension with NBA team Utah in 2019 (6) |
| AARONJUDGE | Right fielder who signed a $360 million contract with the Yankees in 2022: 2 wds. |
| GERRITCOLE | Pitcher who signed a $324 million contract with the Yankees in 2019: 2 wds. |
| ALEXRODRIGUEZ | Third baseman who signed a $275 million contract with the Yankees in 2007: 2 wds. |
| SOTO | Juan ___, baseball superstar who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets in December 2024 |
| ANWAR | Sadat who signed a peace |
| RIBBENTROP | German Nazi foreign minister who signed a non-aggression pact with Molotov, his Russian counterpart, in 1939 (10) |
| KEVINDURANT | NBA player, now with the Phoenix Suns, who signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike in 2023: 2 wds. |
| GUINNESS | Arthur ---, Irish brewer who signed a 9,000-year lease for the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin on New Year's Eve 1759 (8) |
| TYLER | President who signed a bill to annex Texas on his third-to-last day in office |
| MOLOTOV | Vyacheslav, Soviet foreign minister who signed a pact with Germany in 1939 (7) |
| TRUMP | US President who signed a record number of executive orders since his inauguration.(Last Name) (5) |
| LILNASX | "Industry Baby" rapper who signed a record deal after "Old Town Road" went viral on TikTok in 2019: 3 wds. |
| EVEA | Comanche leader who signed a treaty with the Spanish governor of Texas in 1772 |
| PARTY | One who signs contract at festivity (5) |
| NOVATE | Replace with new contract at base after less than half a month |
| CREAM | Best put paper under contract at first (5) |
