| 100% | CNN | 3 | ''State of the Union'' airer |
| 90% | UTAH | 4 | State of the union |
| 88% | ADDRESS | 7 | State of the Union, e.g. |
| 88% | RESPONSE | 8 | State of the Union address rebuttal |
| 88% | PREZ | 4 | State of the Union deliverer, briefly |
| 85% | OBAMA | 5 | February State of the Union speechmaker |
| 82% | SPEECH | 6 | The State of the Union, for one |
| 76% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" channel |
| 75% | CAPRA | 5 | "State of the Union" director, 1948 |
| 75% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" cable channel |
| 75% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" channel: Abbr. |
| 75% | JAKE | 4 | "State of the Union With ___ Tapper" |
| 75% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" broadcaster: Abbr. |
| 74% | SENATE | 6 | Group at the State of the Union address |
| 74% | GEORGEWBUSH | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be streamed live online (3 wds.) |
| 74% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" broadcast channel: Abbr. |
| 74% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union" cable channel: Abbr. |
| 73% | HARRYTRUMAN | 11 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on television (2 wds.) |
| 72% | CNN | 3 | "State of the Union with Jake Tapper" news channel |
| 71% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | President whose State of the Union Address was the first to be broadcast live on prime-time television (2 wds.) |
| 70% | DANA | 4 | Bash who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union" |
| 69% | DANA | 4 | Journalist Bash who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union" |
| 68% | AFL | 3 | ___-CIO (largest federation of unions in the United States) |
| 68% | AXISOFEVIL | 10 | Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address |
| 68% | UNION | 5 | State of the ___ |
| 68% | ART | 3 | State of the ___ |
| 67% | TRACEYULLMAN | 12 | "State of the Union" actress who plays Betty Friedan on "Mrs. America" (2 wds.) |
| 67% | JACK | 4 | Union ___, U.K. flag that is featured on the state flag of Hawaii |
| 67% | DANA | 4 | With 21-Down, journalist who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union" |
| 67% | ART | 3 | State of the ___ facilities |