| 100% | ONO | 3 | "Sail _____ Ship of State!" |
| 100% | ONO | 3 | "Sail — Ship of State!" |
| 100% | ONO | 3 | ''Sail __, Ship of State!'' |
| 96% | ONO | 3 | "Sail ___ Ship of State!": Longfellow |
| 83% | SAILON | 6 | "___, O Ship of State!" |
| 76% | SAILON | 6 | Poetic command before "O Ship of State!" |
| 75% | SAILON | 6 | Longfellow's words before "O Ship of State!" |
| 75% | CARAVEL | 7 | Portuguese light sailing ship of Columbus's era |
| 74% | ODE | 3 | "To the Ship of State," by Horace, e.g. |
| 70% | NAUT | 4 | Of ships and sailing: abbr. |
| 70% | CARAVEL | 7 | Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th- and 16th-centuries |
| 70% | CARAVEL | 7 | Small Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries |
| 69% | MASTS | 5 | Holders of ships' sails |
| 68% | FLEETS | 6 | Groups of ships sailing together |
| 67% | INDIAMAN | 8 | Sailing ship of the 17th to 19th centuries engaged in trade with the East or West Indies |
| 65% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece |
| 65% | ARGO | 4 | Ship that sailed in search of the Golden Fleece |
| 65% | ARGO | 4 | Mythical ship sailed in search of fleece |
| 65% | SHAKEDOWN | 9 | __ cruise, nautical test sailing of a ship |
| 64% | SEA | 3 | Source of salt where a ship might sail |
| 64% | UNRIG | 5 | Strip of sails and rope, as a ship |
| 64% | FLEET | 5 | Set of ships sailing in the same direction |
| 64% | SAILON | 6 | Order to the "Ship of State" |
| 63% | ISERE | 5 | Ship that brought the Statue of Liberty to the United States |
| 62% | PROW | 4 | Front of a sailing ship |
| 62% | MAST | 4 | Part of a ship that a sail is attached to |
| 58% | HAIG | 4 | Reagan Secretary of State |
| 58% | ROOT | 4 | 1905 Secretary of State |
| 58% | EMIRS | 5 | Foreign heads of state |
| 58% | VANCE | 5 | Carter Secretary of State |