| 100% | NATO | 4 | Alliance joined by Montenegro in 2017 |
| 79% | NATO | 4 | Gp. joined by Montenegro in 2017 |
| 79% | NATO | 4 | Grp. joined by Montenegro in 2017 |
| 61% | NATO | 4 | Alliance that Montenegro joined in 2017: Abbr. |
| 55% | NATO | 4 | Alliance recently joined by Montenegro |
| 51% | NATO | 4 | Montenegro joined it in 2017 |
| 41% | HSN | 3 | Channel purchased by QVC in 2017 |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | Grp. joined by Albania and Croatia in 2009 |
| 39% | MPAA | 4 | Org. joined by Netflix in 2019 |
| 39% | ORE | 3 | St. plagued by wildfires in 2017 |
| 37% | OPEC | 4 | Equatorial Guinea joined it in 2017 |
| 36% | NATO | 4 | Military alliance that Finland joined in 2023, for short |
| 36% | SANTAOLGA | 9 | Chilean town destroyed by wildfire in 2017 |
| 35% | TONYA | 5 | Skater Harding played by Margot Robbie in a 2017 biopic |
| 35% | TONYA | 5 | Skater Harding played by Margot Robbie in a 2017 movie |
| 35% | HAVANA | 6 | Title city in a 2017 #1 hit by Camila Cabello |
| 35% | THEIDENTICALS | 13 | 2017 bestselling novel by Elin Hilderbrand featuring twin sisters in Nantucket (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ORIGIN | 6 | 2017 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown that has been set in Spain |
| 34% | PRYOR | 5 | Richard who in 2017 was named Best Stand-Up Comic of All Time by Rolling Stone |
| 34% | DUCHESS | 7 | 2017 book by Danielle Steel set in 19th century about a young woman, "The ___" |
| 34% | TONYAHARDING | 12 | Figure skater played by 42-Across in a 2017 biopic (2 wds.) |
| 33% | MOSUL | 5 | City recaptured from ISIL by Iraq in 2017 |
| 33% | RIGGS | 5 | Bobby played by Steve Carell in the 2017 film "Battle of the Sexes" |
| 33% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Dudek who played Karen in the 2017 horror flick "House by the Lake" |
| 32% | ASTROS | 6 | MLB team whose 2017 World Series title was predicted by Sports Illustrated in 2014 |
| 32% | FINEGAEL | 8 | Republic of Ireland political party founded in 1933, led by Leo Varadkar since 2017 |
| 32% | ALLIED | 6 | Joined by treaty |
| 32% | WELDED | 6 | Joined by heating |
| 32% | SEAMED | 6 | Joined by sewing |
| 32% | WELDS | 5 | Joins by heating |