| 100% | GTE | 3 | Co. acquired by Bell Atlantic to form Verizon |
| 50% | GTE | 3 | Co. that merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon |
| 50% | GTE | 3 | Co. that Bell Atlantic acquired in June 2000 and renamed Verizon |
| 44% | MCI | 3 | Co. acquired by Verizon in 2006 |
| 44% | AOL | 3 | Co. acquired by Verizon in 2015 |
| 44% | GTE | 3 | It merged with Bell Atlantic to become Verizon |
| 34% | MCI | 3 | Telecom giant acquired by Verizon |
| 34% | YAHOO | 5 | Web portal acquired by Verizon |
| 33% | AOL | 3 | ISP acquired by Verizon in 2015 |
| 33% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant recently acquired by Verizon |
| 33% | MCI | 3 | Company acquired by Verizon in 2006 |
| 33% | MCI | 3 | Co. bought by Verizon |
| 32% | TSR | 3 | Co. acquired by Wizards of the Coast in 1997 |
| 32% | AOL | 3 | Early internet pioneers, acquired by Verizon in 2015 |
| 32% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by AT&T |
| 31% | PURCHASE | 8 | To acquire something by paying for it |
| 31% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by AT&T in 1999 |
| 31% | PAR | 3 | Pharmaceutical co. acquired by Endo International in 2015 |
| 30% | TCI | 3 | Cable co. acquired by A.T. & T. in 1999 |
| 30% | CROWDRISE | 9 | Online platform acquired by GoFundMe which is dedicated to raising charitable donations |
| 29% | GTE | 3 | Co. in the merger that formed Verizon |
| 28% | ANGLES | 6 | These are formed by two lines coming to a point |
| 27% | MOTOROLA | 8 | ___ Mobility, telecommunications company acquired by Google in 2012 which was then sold to Lenovo in 2014 |
| 27% | NEUROPLASTICITY | 15 | Brain's ability to form new connections ... as represented by the circled letters in this puzzle |
| 27% | ROTATECLOCKWISE | 15 | How to see the image formed by this puzzle's circled letters |
| 27% | EVER | 4 | Word whose opposite is formed by attaching an n to the beginning |
| 27% | SAVED | 5 | ___ by the bell, boxing term that's commonly used to refer to narrow escapes |
| 26% | PARTYDOWN | 9 | Really revel ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| 26% | SHY | 3 | ___ Carter, co-writer of "Speak To A Girl" by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw |
| 26% | SPREADTHEWEALTH | 15 | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |