| 100% | ACS | 3 | Appliances that are handy in the hot months: Abbr. |
| 47% | CDS | 3 | Music purchases that were common in the 1990s: Abbr. |
| 46% | ACS | 3 | Appliances that you run in hot weather: Abbr. |
| 45% | APR | 3 | Month that Tax Day is in: Abbr. |
| 45% | SEP | 3 | Month that Labor Day is in: Abbr. |
| 45% | UFO | 3 | Thing in the sky that can't be explained: Abbr. |
| 43% | LSD | 3 | Drug that was "dropped" in the 1960s: Abbr. |
| 43% | GLEE | 4 | Fox series that was the source of 80 Billboard Hot 100 songs in 2010 |
| 43% | UFO | 3 | Sighting in the sky that might turn out to be a weather balloon: Abbr. |
| 43% | IRA | 3 | Militant group that was involved in "the Troubles" in the UK: Abbr. |
| 43% | MICROWAVE | 9 | ___ oven, widely-used kitchen appliance that was accidentally discovered when a chocolate bar melted in the inventor's pocket |
| 42% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 42% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 42% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 41% | APR | 3 | Month that Tax Day is in (abbr.) |
| 41% | ULT | 3 | In the preceding month: abbr. |
| 40% | IHOP | 4 | Popular breakfast chain in the USA that is known for flapjacks and has a smile on its logo: Abbr. |
| 40% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert in Africa that is the largest hot desert on Earth |
| 39% | SKYFALL | 7 | 2012 Adele hit that was the first James Bond theme to debut in the top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 |
| 39% | YOURESOVAIN | 11 | Carly Simon song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (3 wds.) |
| 39% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 39% | LETSGETITON | 11 | Marvin Gaye song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (4 wds.) |
| 39% | OVENS | 5 | Appliances that roasts are roasted in |
| 39% | OVENS | 5 | Appliances that turkeys are roasted in |
| 39% | ACS | 3 | Appliances that beat the heat: Abbr. |
| 39% | OVEN | 4 | Appliance that pizza is cooked in |
| 39% | CDS | 3 | Items that were sold at records stores starting in the 1980s: Abbr. |
| 39% | CHICAGO | 7 | Musical that was elegant in the past |
| 39% | AOL | 3 | ISP that was popular in the 1990s |
| 39% | CHICAGO | 7 | City that was elegant in the past |