| 100% | AVERAGEAGE | 10 | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's 63 for retirement |
| 51% | URBANAREAS | 10 | Definition, according to the US Census Bureau, of Raleigh, NC, Tucson, AZ and Dayton, OH |
| 45% | APR | 3 | It is the cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, for short |
| 45% | NYC | 3 | Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short |
| 42% | ESL | 3 | Class for newcomers to the U.S. |
| 41% | SAMOA | 5 | Part of it belongs to the U.S. |
| 41% | STCROIX | 7 | Denmark sold it to the U.S. in 1917 |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Possible subj. for an immigrant to the U.S. |
| 40% | FARE | 4 | It's figured according to the 14-Down |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | Easternmost state in the Midwest, per the U.S. Census Bureau |
| 40% | MAPLE | 5 | 12th-most-common street name, per the U.S. Census Bureau |
| 40% | IRAN | 4 | It's a "theocratic republic," according to the CIA |
| 39% | YOGA | 4 | It's worth going to the mat for |
| 39% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| 39% | WAR | 3 | It's good for "absolutely nothing" according to a 1970 hit |
| 39% | TREES | 5 | According to the poet's oldest son, it was written "by a window looking down a wooded hill" |
| 38% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 38% | WAVELENGTH | 10 | It's good for team members to be on the same one |
| 38% | PARANOIA | 8 | It's "knowing all the facts," according to Woody Allen |
| 38% | APR | 3 | The cruelest month according to T.S. Eliot, for short |
| 38% | APR | 3 | The cruelest month, according to T.S Eliot, for short |
| 38% | MEX | 3 | U.S.A's neighbor to the south, for short |
| 38% | BUREAU | 6 | There's one for the U.S. Census |
| 38% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 38% | CIA | 3 | Initialism for the federal US bureau created in 1947 to conduct espionage activities |
| 37% | TEST | 4 | International Rose ___ Garden, famous garden in the U.S. known for its hybrid roses |
| 37% | NATURE | 6 | It's "loved by what is best in us," according to Emerson |
| 37% | AMMO | 4 | Some military supplies transferred by the U.S. to Ukraine, for short |
| 37% | CURIOSITY | 9 | According to the proverb, it killed the cat |