| 100% | STEARNS | 7 | Bear ___, investment bank that failed in the 2008 financial crisis |
| 49% | AIG | 3 | Insurance giant bailed out in the 2008 financial crisis |
| 40% | SUBPRIMELENDING | 15 | Contributor to the 2008 financial crisis |
| 39% | BANKS | 5 | Bailout recipients during the 2008 financial crisis |
| 39% | TOOBIGTOFAIL | 12 | HBO drama about the 2008 financial crisis |
| 39% | AIG | 3 | Big co. in the 2008 financial meltdown |
| 39% | AIG | 3 | Company bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis |
| 38% | AIG | 3 | Insurance company bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis: Abbr. |
| 35% | POLAR | 5 | Bears that live in the Arctic Circle |
| 33% | GOLDMAN | 7 | Partner of Sachs in the name of an investment bank |
| 32% | TESLAMOTORS | 11 | Company that introduced the electric Roadster in 2008 |
| 32% | BEIJING | 7 | Chinese capital that hosted the Olympics in 2008 |
| 31% | POLAR | 5 | Variety of bears that live in the Arctic |
| 31% | JUAN | 4 | San ___ Mountains, mountain range in the USA that is home to the Black Bear Road |
| 31% | TOOBIGTOFAIL | 12 | 2008 financial crisis phrase |
| 31% | TOOBIGTOFAIL | 12 | 2008 financial crisis mantra |
| 31% | CHOKED | 6 | Failed in the clutch |
| 31% | CHOKE | 5 | Fail in the clutch |
| 31% | CREDIT | 6 | ___-default swap (type of financial agreement that made headlines in 2008) |
| 31% | ATM | 3 | Device that lets you skip the lines in a bank: Abbr. |
| 31% | TESLA | 5 | Car company that debuted its first vehicle, the Roadster, in 2008 |
| 31% | ELBE | 4 | Something that will take you by all the banks in Wittenberg |
| 30% | OHARE | 5 | Destination for the van that Kevin fails to board in "Home Alone" |
| 30% | ICON | 4 | Signifier that bears a likeness to the thing it represents, in semiotics |
| 30% | LOCUST | 6 | Pest that plagues the Ingalls' farm in "On the Banks of Plum Creek" |
| 30% | BABBAGE | 7 | Charles —, inventor born in 1791 who built a calculator that anticipated the computer |
| 30% | TEL | 3 | Place that Ayelet Zurer the actress was born in |
| 30% | UNICEF | 6 | Org. established in response to the refugee crisis that followed the Second World War |
| 29% | ATM | 3 | Device that might allow you to skip standing in line at the bank: Abbr. |
| 29% | MAMA | 4 | Owner of the bed that was too soft in "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" |