| 100% | OSU | 3 | Buckeye State school letters (anagram of "sou") |
| 67% | OSU | 3 | Buckeye State school letters |
| 50% | OSU | 3 | Buckeye State school: Abbr. |
| 44% | NOD | 3 | Anagram of the letters O-N-D |
| 44% | DON | 3 | Anagram of the letters O-N-D |
| 44% | OHIOU | 5 | State school SE of Columbus, in brief |
| 44% | ETON | 4 | School (or anagram) of note |
| 44% | STAEDTLER | 9 | Pen brand; anagram of sad letter |
| 41% | SHRUB | 5 | Bush - or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter |
| 41% | THUGS | 5 | Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter |
| 40% | ANGER | 5 | Rage ... and an anagram of rage, plus one extra letter |
| 40% | USS | 3 | Letters in front of many a state name |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | Number of state capitals with thirteen letters |
| 39% | ONE | 3 | Number of states with the letter J |
| 39% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 39% | ESSAY | 5 | School assignment that sounds like two letters of the alphabet |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | Home state of the Big Ten's Buckeyes |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | Number of US state names containing the letter Z |
| 38% | ONE | 3 | Number of US states that contain the letter Z |
| 38% | OHIOAN | 6 | Native of the Buckeye State |
| 37% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 37% | RNA | 3 | Genetic letters (anagram of "ran") |
| 37% | VERMONT | 7 | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | ___ State Buckeyes basketball team which is a part of NCAA Division I |
| 36% | EDBALLS | 7 | Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007-10 |
| 36% | LOUISIANA | 9 | Third of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 36% | WISCONSIN | 9 | Second of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 36% | BALLS | 5 | Ed —, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families from 2007-10 |
| 36% | ONE | 3 | Number of states whose last two letters are its own postal abbreviation |
| 36% | TENN | 4 | Fourth of four US states that are 8-Down letters long: Abbr. |