| 100% | NEBR | 4 | 4-letter abbreviation of the 37th state in 1943 |
| 56% | NEBR | 4 | 4-letter abbreviation of America's 37th state |
| 48% | EYE | 3 | Either of the circled letters in 4-Across, for this puzzle's face |
| 46% | SOLID | 5 | State whose last two letters are the postal abbreviation for a different kind of state |
| 45% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 44% | TENN | 4 | Abbreviation of the state Nashville is part of |
| 43% | NIXON | 5 | Surname of the 37th president of the United States |
| 42% | NEOCOSMIC | 9 | Of the universe in its present state |
| 42% | IOWA | 4 | State in the heart of the Corn Belt |
| 42% | AWARD | 5 | Each of the letters in EGOT |
| 42% | XES | 3 | Two of the letters in "Xerox" |
| 41% | COUNCILHOUSING | 14 | Part of the welfare state in the U.K. |
| 41% | ENS | 3 | Abbreviation of the lowest rank commissioned officer in many armed forces and especially navies |
| 41% | ASSAM | 5 | Indian state in the foothills of the Himalayas |
| 41% | TWO | 3 | Point value of the letter D, in Scrabble |
| 41% | SEAL | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 41% | CABANAS | 7 | [One arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 41% | ERGO | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 41% | REAR | 4 | [Another arrangement of the letters in the grid] |
| 41% | UBIETY | 6 | The state of existing in space |
| 41% | PLASMA | 6 | State of matter in the sun |
| 41% | TNT | 3 | Letters in the definition of ''kiloton'' |
| 40% | IDA | 3 | State in which the Forest Service holds the highest % of land |
| 40% | BLUE | 4 | Color of the first letter in the Google logo |
| 40% | SCARLET | 7 | Color of the letter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's book |
| 40% | KANSAS | 6 | Dorothy's home state in the Wizard of Oz |
| 40% | VATICAN | 7 | — City, independent papal state in the city of Rome |
| 40% | THEDAYWILLCOME | 14 | Vision of the future in current events?: 4 wds. |
| 40% | ESSES | 5 | Half of the letters in this answer's row |
| 40% | OIL | 3 | Aioli ingredient … or three of the letters in "aioli" |