| 100% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state whose name has three syllables |
| 55% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name has three vowels and three syllables |
| 46% | AVIA | 4 | Sneaker brand whose name has three vowels |
| 44% | UTAH | 4 | Only U.S. state whose capital has a three-word name |
| 43% | ACAI | 4 | Fruit whose name is pronounced in three syllables |
| 39% | MALAWI | 6 | African land whose name consists of three state postal abbreviations |
| 39% | MALAWI | 6 | Country whose name consists of three consecutive state postal abbreviations |
| 38% | MALAWI | 6 | African nation whose name consists of three U.S. state postal abbreviations |
| 37% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state |
| 37% | ALDA | 4 | Actor whose last name has three letters of his first |
| 37% | MAINE | 5 | Only state with a name that has only one syllable |
| 37% | NEB | 3 | Corn Belt state: Abbr. |
| 35% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state south of Minnesota |
| 35% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state east of Nebraska |
| 35% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state north of Missouri |
| 35% | NEV | 3 | State whose name means "snow-covered": Abbr. |
| 35% | PIERRE | 6 | State capital whose name is pronounced as one syllable (not two, as many think) |
| 34% | PLUMBER | 7 | One for whom 36-Across has three syllables |
| 34% | PECAN | 5 | Nut whose name has multiple pronunciations |
| 34% | EPEE | 4 | Sport whose name has two accents |
| 34% | SNAFU | 5 | Mistake whose name has military origins |
| 34% | HSBC | 4 | Bank whose name has no vowels |
| 34% | KOALA | 5 | Marsupial whose name has Aboriginal origins |
| 34% | EPEE | 4 | Weapon whose name has two accents |
| 34% | OAHU | 4 | Island whose name has an okina |
| 34% | EDSHEERAN | 9 | Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter whose three album releases have been named after mathematical symbols |
| 34% | IOWA | 4 | Corn Belt state where "Field of Dreams" is set |
| 34% | OKLA | 4 | State whose name is Choctaw for "honored people" (Abbr.) |
| 34% | PURPLE | 6 | Color whose name has no common rhymes |
| 34% | ORANGE | 6 | Color whose name has no common rhymes |