| 100% | ALASKA | 6 | Baked ___, dessert containing ice cream and cake named after a state in the western United States |
| 41% | EDYS | 4 | Ice-cream brand marketed as Dreyer’s in the western United States |
| 37% | KLONDIKE | 8 | Ice cream bar brand named for a region in the Yukon |
| 36% | EDYS | 4 | Grand brand of ice cream, called Dreyer's in Western United States |
| 35% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 35% | COOLIDGE | 8 | Calvin ___, 30th President of the United States after whom a city in Arizona is named |
| 34% | TAFT | 4 | William Howard ___, 27th President of the United States after whom a city in California is named |
| 34% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 34% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 34% | DAM | 3 | Construction named after the 31st president of the United States |
| 33% | TEDDY | 5 | Stuffed animal named after the 26th president of the United States |
| 33% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 32% | BAKED | 5 | With 22-Down, dessert consisting of ice cream and cake covered in toasted meringue |
| 32% | ALASKA | 6 | Cake and meringue cover ice cream in Baked __ |
| 32% | NICKEL | 6 | A five-cent coin in the United States |
| 32% | HOUSTON | 7 | A center of space research in the United States |
| 32% | SMITH | 5 | Most common last name in the United States |
| 31% | MERINGUE | 8 | This covers the ice cream in a baked Alaska |
| 31% | HEAVEHO | 7 | Words before and after "my lads" in the United States Merchant Marine anthem |
| 31% | EGG | 3 | ___ cream, misleading name of a drink that contains neither of the ingredients in its name |
| 30% | AREA | 4 | The United States ranks fourth in the world in this, after Russia, Canada and China |
| 30% | PIE | 3 | Boston Cream ___, cake with a cream filling named after the capital of Massachusetts |
| 30% | JONES | 5 | Second-most common last name in England, fifth-most in the United States |
| 30% | PORTLAND | 8 | Name of the most populous city in a pair of states |
| 30% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Desserts flipped after baking, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 30% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy SUV named after a lake in the Sierra Nevada |
| 30% | DAMASK | 6 | Table linen named after a place in the Middle East |
| 30% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 30% | IOLANI | 6 | With 36-Across, only official residence of a reigning monarch now in the United States |
| 30% | JULIEDASH | 9 | First black woman to direct a feature-length film distributed theatrically in the United States |