| 100% | USN | 3 | Defense department concerning the sea: Abbr. |
| 52% | NSA | 3 | Intelligence agency under the Department of Defense: Abbr. |
| 51% | NSA | 3 | US intelligence organization within the Department of Defense: Abbr. |
| 46% | SOS | 3 | Distress signal from the sea: Abbr. |
| 46% | SOS | 3 | Desperate letters on the sea: Abbr. |
| 45% | ISL | 3 | Land in the sea: Abbr. |
| 45% | NSA | 3 | Defense Department code-breaking organization: Abbr. |
| 45% | NSA | 3 | Defense Department code-cracking group: Abbr. |
| 44% | NSA | 3 | Secretive Defense Department group: Abbr. |
| 43% | ECON | 4 | Concern of the Federal Reserve: Abbr. |
| 42% | USDA | 4 | Federal department concerning farmers: Abbr. |
| 42% | UKR | 3 | Land on the Sea of Azov: Abbr. |
| 42% | SPF | 3 | Defense concern of the FDA |
| 42% | ECON | 4 | The Fed's concern: Abbr. |
| 42% | NSA | 3 | Defense Department group that collects data for foreign intelligence: Abbr. |
| 41% | NSA | 3 | Secretive Department of Defense group: Abbr. |
| 41% | NSA | 3 | Intelligence arm of the Defense Department (Abbr.) |
| 41% | NSA | 3 | Intelligence division of the Defense Department (Abbr.) |
| 41% | DOD | 3 | The acronym for US Department of Defense |
| 40% | EPA | 3 | Department running the Energy Star program: Abbr. |
| 40% | STS | 3 | Abbr. concerning the holy or "potholy" |
| 40% | NSA | 3 | Defense Department group whose surveillance activities were revealed by Edward Snowden: Abbr. |
| 40% | PENTAGON | 8 | The headquarters of the US Department of Defense |
| 40% | NSA | 3 | The US Department of Defense's intelligence agency |
| 40% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 39% | INT | 3 | Football pass caught by the defense: Abbr. |
| 39% | IRS | 3 | Unpopular part of the Treasury Department: Abbr. |
| 39% | UKR | 3 | It borders the Black Sea: Abbr. |
| 39% | ROM | 3 | Land on the Black Sea: Abbr. |
| 39% | UKR | 3 | Nation on the Black Sea: Abbr. |