| 100% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by A.T. & T. in 1999 |
| 82% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by AT&T in 1999 |
| 68% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. bought by AT&T in 1999 |
| 65% | TCI | 3 | Onetime cable giant acquired by AT&T in 1999 |
| 65% | TCI | 3 | Pioneering cable company acquired by AT&T in 1999 |
| 57% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by AT&T |
| 56% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. that merged with A.T. & T. in the nineties |
| 49% | MCI | 3 | Co. acquired by Verizon in 2006 |
| 49% | AOL | 3 | Co. acquired by Verizon in 2015 |
| 47% | TSR | 3 | Co. acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997 |
| 46% | PAR | 3 | Pharmaceutical co. acquired by Endo International in 2015 |
| 43% | PLOP | 4 | Dry curly hair by wrapping it in a T-shirt |
| 43% | EKCO | 4 | Big name in kitchen gadgets acquired by Corelle Brands in 1999 |
| 43% | ANGEL | 5 | Member of a pro baseball team acquired by Disney in 1996 |
| 42% | HERE | 4 | Word turned into its own opposite by putting a T in front |
| 42% | MGM | 3 | Movie studio with a lion mascot that was acquired by Amazon in 2022 |
| 39% | ELON | 4 | Co-founder, with his brother Kimbal, of "Zip2" in 1995, acquired by Compaq 4 years later for $340 million |
| 39% | MISHIMA | 7 | 1985 biopic directed and co-written by Paul Schrader subtitled A Life in Four Chapters |
| 39% | JEFFREYWIGAND | 13 | Big Tobacco whistleblower portrayed by Russell Crowe in a 1999 movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DEC | 3 | Popular minicomputer co. founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in '57 and acquired by Compaq in '98 |
| 38% | UNCONDITIONAL | 13 | "____ Love," a song by Tupac Shakur released posthumously in 1999, as a part of his "Greatest Hits" album. |
| 38% | TAILINGOFF | 10 | Waning ... or a hint to what is found by circling all the T's in the completed puzzle |
| 38% | FRIENDS | 7 | "Graduation (___ Forever)," 1999 song by Vitamin C, with a music video set in school |
| 38% | LSI | 3 | San Jose-based semiconductor co. started in 1981 and acquired by Broadcom Inc. for $6.6 billion in 2014 |
| 38% | SCAR | 4 | "___ Tissue," 1999 single by the Red Hot Chili Peppers that won a Grammy in 2000 |
| 37% | TAU | 3 | T in a fraternity |
| 37% | TAU | 3 | T, in a sorority |
| 37% | DAH | 3 | T, in a code |
| 36% | CHASM | 5 | A canyon caused by a deep fissure in the surface |
| 36% | GTE | 3 | Co. acquired by Bell Atlantic to form Verizon |