| 100% | IRS | 3 | Agency disliked by many taxpayers: Abbr. |
| 50% | UNPOPULAR | 9 | Disliked by many |
| 43% | PHD | 3 | Degree held by many professors: Abbr. |
| 43% | PHDS | 4 | Degrees held by many professors: Abbr. |
| 42% | IRS | 3 | Federal group that issues refunds to many taxpayers: Abbr. |
| 42% | GRE | 3 | Test taken by many college seniors: Abbr. |
| 42% | IRS | 3 | Agency that performs many audits: Abbr. |
| 42% | IRS | 3 | Agency that conducts many audits: Abbr. |
| 41% | IDS | 3 | Student ___ (cards carried by many high schoolers): Abbr. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Course taken by many immigrants to America: Abbr. |
| 41% | MBA | 3 | Graduate degree earned by many investment bankers: Abbr. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Fluency course taken by many newcomers to America: Abbr. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Course taken by many people pursuing US citizenship: Abbr. |
| 40% | MDS | 3 | Degrees earned by most physicians in the US: Abbr. |
| 40% | IRS | 3 | Agency with many forms and schedules: Abbr. |
| 40% | IRS | 3 | Agency that audits taxpayers: Abbr. |
| 40% | IRS | 3 | Agency with many auditors: Abbr. |
| 40% | IRS | 3 | Agency that many people curse in April: Abbr. |
| 40% | FBI | 3 | Agency once headed by J. Edgar Hoover: Abbr. |
| 40% | FBI | 3 | Agency with a "Ten Most Wanted" list: Abbr. |
| 40% | PHD | 3 | College degree held by many professors: Abbr. |
| 39% | FBI | 3 | Agency with a most wanted list: Abbr. |
| 39% | GDS | 3 | Inventory system used by travel agencies: Abbr. |
| 38% | IRS | 3 | Agency that receives many returns in April: Abbr. |
| 38% | LSD | 3 | Drug that was taken by many hippies: Abbr. |
| 38% | NYU | 3 | Big Apple school attended by many of the characters in "Gossip Girl": Abbr. |
| 37% | FBI | 3 | Agency formerly led by James Comey: Abbr. |
| 37% | IRS | 3 | Agency that was affected by the Tax Reform Act of 1986: Abbr. |
| 37% | FBI | 3 | Crime-fighting agency once headed by J. Edgar Hoover: Abbr. |
| 37% | FBI | 3 | Law-enforcement agency once led by J. Edgar Hoover: Abbr. |