| 100% | BHT | 3 | Common food preservative and antioxidant that the US FDA currently considers as "generally recognized as safe" (abbr.) |
| 31% | MAC | 3 | ___ and cheese, a casserole baked in oven that is considered to be a comfort food in the US |
| 29% | GROCERY | 7 | Store that sells food and goods in the US |
| 27% | NATO | 4 | International alliance that includes the US and Canada: Abbr. |
| 27% | ITAL | 4 | From the nation that gave us pizza and Parmesan: Abbr. |
| 27% | SEABASS | 7 | Food and sport fish such as the black — of the US Atlantic coast |
| 27% | CSA | 3 | System that connects producers and consumers within the food system: Abbr. |
| 26% | ISEW | 4 | Indicator intended to replace the GDP that considers items such as income distribution and costs of pollution (abbr.) |
| 26% | USDA | 4 | Government agency that operates the Food and Nutrition Service: Abbr. |
| 26% | UNITY | 5 | Appropriately named ISS module that connects the US and Russian segments and also acts as the crew dining area |
| 26% | TERR | 4 | Place under U.S. administration that's not a state, as the American Samoa: Abbr. |
| 25% | DAVISCUP | 8 | International athletic competition that began in 1900 as a challenge between the U.S. and Great Britain |
| 24% | ACAI | 4 | Antioxidant-rich purple berry that became popular in the 2000s and is now common in breakfast bowls |
| 24% | IBM | 3 | "Big Blue" tech company that powers stats and insights at Wimbledon as the official technology partner: Abbr. |
| 24% | PALEO | 5 | Diet that excludes processed food and is also known as the "caveman diet," for short |
| 24% | MCCAFE | 6 | Fast food concept and brand launched in Melbourne, Australia in 1993 that finally hit the US in Chicago in 2001 |
| 24% | ALABAMA | 7 | Montgomery's state that was the first US state to recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836 |
| 23% | IMAGINE | 7 | John Lennon song that ends, "I hope some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one" |
| 23% | BERING | 6 | Strait that separates Russia and the US |
| 22% | NSA | 3 | Body in charge of security and surveillance in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 22% | NATO | 4 | Alliance of the US, Canada, and many European countries: Abbr. |
| 22% | NATO | 4 | Alliance with the US, Canada, and 29 European nations: Abbr. |
| 22% | OHIO | 4 | US state that begins and ends with the same letter |
| 22% | OREO | 4 | Food item that starts and ends with the same letter |
| 22% | ENG | 3 | Most common spoken language in the US: Abbr. |
| 22% | ATL | 3 | Ocean between the US and the UK: Abbr. |
| 22% | ATL | 3 | Ocean that's east of the US: Abbr. |
| 22% | ACLU | 4 | Group that defends rights in the US: Abbr. |
| 22% | NATO | 4 | Defense group containing the US, Canada, and most European nations: Abbr. |
| 22% | NUTRIENTS | 9 | Vitamins and minerals that make food good for us |