| 100% | TEAMB | 5 | CIA's 1976 project to analyze the Soviet Union threats (2 wds) |
| 36% | EVIL | 4 | The Soviet Union's type of empire, according to President Reagan |
| 35% | EVILEMPIRE | 10 | The Soviet Union, to Reagan |
| 31% | SEEIT | 5 | ___ through (handle a project to completion): 2 wds. |
| 31% | KGB | 3 | Soviet counterpart to the CIA: Abbr. |
| 30% | KGB | 3 | Soviet counterpart to the CIA, once: Abbr. |
| 30% | HARRIMAN | 8 | U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union during W.W. II |
| 29% | KGB | 3 | Former Soviet counterpart to the CIA: Abbr. |
| 29% | CLIENTSTATE | 11 | Cuba, once, to the Soviet Union |
| 28% | ATBAT | 5 | Opportunity to face the pitcher: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOBOFFER | 8 | Invitation to join the workforce: 2 wds. |
| 28% | GASUP | 5 | Prepare to hit the road: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ASKIN | 5 | Invite to see the house: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SKISEASON | 9 | Time to enjoy the slopes: 2 wds. |
| 28% | USSR | 4 | The Soviet Union |
| 28% | NOMAYO | 6 | Deli customer's request to skip the sandwich spread: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ILLTELL | 7 | Sibling's threat to snitch (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MIRACLEONICE | 12 | Common name for Team USA's hockey victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics (3 wds.) |
| 27% | HEYYOU | 6 | Words to get the attention of a stranger: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DANICAPATRICK | 13 | First woman to lead the Indy 500: 2 wds. |
| 27% | NANNYCAM | 8 | Surveillance device to monitor the babysitter: 2 wds. |
| 27% | GSTAR | 5 | The sun, to astronomers: 2 wds. |
| 27% | ATEE | 4 | To ___ (on the nose) (2 wds.) |
| 27% | GLOBALWARMING | 13 | Threat to the planet's ecosystem? |
| 27% | HARRISONFORD | 12 | Second actor to play the CIA operative played by Chris Pine in "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" (2 wds.) |
| 27% | JOHNGLENN | 9 | First American to orbit the earth (1962): 2 wds. |
| 27% | ASTOP | 5 | Put ___ to (pull the plug on): 2 wds. |
| 27% | ARACE | 5 | "It's ___ to the finish!": 2 wds. |
| 27% | NOTREDAME | 9 | Home to the Fighting Irish: 2 wds. |
| 27% | BYLAW | 5 | According to the legal code: 2 wds. |