| 100% | QTIP | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest member whose name's first letter stands for his home borough |
| 41% | LBS | 3 | Units whose name's first letter stands for an ancient-Roman unit of measurement |
| 40% | HMART | 5 | Supermarket chain whose name's first letter stands for the Korean phrase han ah reum |
| 36% | QTIP | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest rapper who shares his stage name with a cotton swab brand |
| 35% | GEICO | 5 | Insurance company whose first letter stands for "government," though it's a private company |
| 32% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 31% | SETI | 4 | Scientific org. whose name's first letter is stylized to look like a question mark |
| 30% | CANIKICKIT | 10 | A Tribe Called Quest single whose title question is repeatedly answered in the affirmative |
| 30% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| 30% | HIPHOP | 6 | A Tribe Called Quest's genre |
| 30% | DAWG | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife ___ |
| 30% | NSA | 3 | Government org. whose name's second letter stands for the same thing as 22-Across's second letter |
| 30% | DEA | 3 | Agency whose first letter stands for Drug |
| 30% | VCHIP | 5 | Technology whose first letter stands for "violence" |
| 30% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich whose first letter stands for 11-Down |
| 29% | RNA | 3 | Genetic material whose first letter stands for "ribo" |
| 29% | SMS | 3 | Digital protocol whose first letter stands for short |
| 29% | XPLANE | 6 | Research aircraft whose first letter stands for "experimental" |
| 29% | UBOAT | 5 | Naval craft whose first letter stands for untersee |
| 29% | RNA | 3 | Genetic material whose first letter stands for "ribo" (Abbr.) |
| 28% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose name combines the first letters of its members' names |
| 27% | WACO | 4 | Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name |
| 27% | QTIP | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest rapper: Hyph. |
| 27% | DAWG | 4 | Phife ___ (founding member of A Tribe Called Quest) |
| 27% | INITIAL | 7 | First letter of a person's name |
| 27% | KENO | 4 | Gambling game whose name spells a gambling town when the first letter is changed |
| 27% | FREDBIRD | 8 | Cardinals mascot whose name rhymes with a nickname for a member of the team |
| 27% | MARTINLAWRENCE | 14 | Stand-up comedian and star of a 1990s Fox sitcom, whose title was his first name: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ORALB | 5 | Brand name whose last letter stands for "brush" |
| 27% | NASDAQ | 6 | Exchange name whose last letter stands for Quotations |