| 100% | APOC | 4 | Co. formed in April 1909 under the leadership of Lord Strathcona that became BP in 1954 (abbr.) |
| 34% | OCA | 3 | Religious org. under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon Mollard, that has over 450 parishes in the US (abbr.) |
| 33% | OGPU | 4 | Secret police org. formed in 1923 under the leadership of Felix Dzerzhinsky (abbr.) |
| 32% | HEW | 3 | Dept. created on April 11, 1953 (until 1979) under the leadership of Oveta Culp Hobby who commanded the Women's Army Corps in WWII (abbr.) |
| 32% | BAH | 3 | Co. that in February of this year became the SEC's major provider of cybersecurity services (abbr.) |
| 30% | DOE | 3 | Fed. Govt. agency that came in being in 1977 under the initial leadership of James Schlesinger |
| 28% | ESSAY | 5 | Component of the SAT that became optional in 2016 |
| 27% | MDA | 3 | Part of the DoD that's under the leadership of Vice Admiral Jon A. Hill |
| 27% | GTE | 3 | Co. in the merger that formed Verizon |
| 27% | GOD | 3 | Under ___, phrase added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 |
| 27% | DEW | 3 | Drops of water that form in the night |
| 27% | BLT | 3 | Type of sandwich that became popular in the US after World War II |
| 27% | TWA | 3 | Co. of which Howard Hughes became the principal shareholder in 1939 |
| 27% | OSS | 3 | Joint Chiefs of Staff agcy. that became the CIA in 1945 |
| 27% | ASTIN | 5 | Wood co-star in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 26% | BOOGIEWOOGIE | 12 | Jazz style of blues piano playing that became popular in the early 20th century |
| 26% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 26% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 26% | NEBULIZER | 9 | Device that delivers drugs in the form of a mist |
| 26% | ITT | 3 | US co., headed by Sosthenes and Hernand Behn, that became the sole telephone provider in Spain in 1924 (abbr.) |
| 26% | DBA | 3 | Under the name of, in corporate names (Abbr.) |
| 26% | ALCOA | 5 | Co. that just announced the closure of its Point Comfort refinery in Texas |
| 26% | IRS | 3 | Agency that takes in a lot of money in April: Abbr. |
| 26% | SEANASTIN | 9 | Elijah Wood's co-star in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 26% | IRS | 3 | Government agency that receives a lot of money in April: Abbr. |
| 26% | WREN | 4 | Bird that became the "king of the birds," in European mythology |
| 26% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 26% | ASTIN | 5 | Co-star of Wood in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 25% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
| 25% | ELVISHLIVES | 11 | Claim that a language in "The Lord of the Rings" is not extinct? |