| 100% | HUD | 3 | Cabinet dept. led by Ben Carson beginning in 2017 |
| 37% | BATMAN | 6 | Superhero played by Ben Affleck in 2017's "Justice League" |
| 34% | MEET | 4 | Google ___, service beginning in 2017 |
| 33% | CORNHOLE | 8 | Lawn game seen regularly on ESPN beginning in 2017 |
| 33% | METOO | 5 | Trending hashtag beginning in 2017 |
| 32% | SLOAN | 5 | Dulcé ___, correspondent for "The Daily Show" beginning in 2017 |
| 32% | EDUC | 4 | Cabinet dept. created in 1979 |
| 31% | ENER | 4 | Cabinet dept. overseen by Rick Perry |
| 31% | AGR | 3 | Cabinet dept. headed by Tom Vilsack |
| 31% | HUD | 3 | Dept. led by Marcia L. Fudge |
| 30% | METOOERA | 8 | It began in late 2017 |
| 30% | EDUC | 4 | Cabinet dept. headed by former schoolteacher Miguel Cardona |
| 30% | USSR | 4 | State led by Lenin, in brief |
| 30% | BEN | 3 | Carson in the cabinet |
| 30% | ENDEAVOUR | 9 | Led by Lord Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean |
| 29% | ABT | 3 | Co. led by Baryshnikov in the 1980s |
| 29% | DEARABBY | 8 | Column begun in 1956 by Pauline Phillips |
| 29% | NOEL | 4 | ___ Fielding, co-host of "The Great British Bake Off" beginning in 2017 |
| 29% | ZOOLANDER | 9 | Male model played by Ben Stiller in 2001 |
| 29% | CHILIDOGS | 9 | Food sold by Ben's in D.C. |
| 29% | SPECTRE | 7 | Criminal group led by Blofeld in Bond films |
| 29% | PLASTICS | 8 | Clique led by Regina George in Mean Girls |
| 29% | ROLLING | 7 | __ in the Deep by Adele |
| 28% | CIA | 3 | Covert grp. led by Mike Pompeo from 2017-18 |
| 28% | SONIC | 5 | Video game hedgehog voiced by Ben Schwartz in films |
| 28% | HUN | 3 | Invader led by Shan Yu in Disney's "Mulan" |
| 28% | KINGSLEY | 8 | Ben __; plays lead psychiatrist in Shutter Island |
| 28% | ALEX | 4 | Lion played by Ben Stiller in the "Madagascar" animated films |
| 28% | AUTOBOT | 7 | Life-form led by Optimus Prime in the "Transformers" movies |
| 28% | ZAP | 3 | ___ Comix (series begun in 1968 with art by 41-Across) |