| 100% | LOU | 3 | Dobbs who suggested that the US should start a war with China |
| 36% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" |
| 36% | ALITTLEMADNESS | 14 | Start of a poem by Emily Dickinson that continues "But God be with the Clown, / Who ponders this tremendous scene" |
| 32% | ANGER | 5 | "Inside Out" emotion who says "We should lock the door and scream that curse word we know. It's a good one!" |
| 32% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states that start with a D |
| 32% | PSALMS | 6 | Book of the Bible that starts with a silent letter |
| 31% | TWO | 3 | Number of U.S. state names that start with a V |
| 31% | JUDE | 4 | "Hey ___," iconic song by The Beatles that starts with a greeting |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 31% | WAGONEER | 8 | Jeep vehicle that starts with the name of a kid's vehicle |
| 31% | LEGEND | 6 | Folklore tale, or word that starts with the name of a walking limb |
| 30% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BULB | 4 | I'm the "smart" device that changes color with a tap. Who am I? |
| 30% | DELILAH | 7 | "Hey There ___," ballad by the Plain White T's that starts with a greeting |
| 30% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 30% | GONG | 4 | A massive bell that is hit with a mallet, usually used to signify the start of something |
| 30% | TOMMYHILFIGER | 13 | US fashion designer who started with preppy menswear and a red, white, and blue flag logo: 2 wds. |
| 30% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 30% | FOYT | 4 | A J —, US motor racing driver who won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney |
| 29% | DOWN | 4 | (2/6) ... With 21a, the car won't start anymore. We need a bit of help! |
| 29% | BRAINSTORM | 10 | Session with a volley of ideas, or word that starts with the body's grey matter part |
| 29% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 29% | LOOK | 4 | "Hey ___ Ma, I Made It," pop anthem by Panic! At The Disco that starts with a greeting |
| 29% | COATI | 5 | Southern US animal with a long, pig-like snout that some locals know as the hog-nosed coon |
| 28% | MAOIST | 6 | One who carried around a copy of the 1936 pamphlet "Strategic Problems of China's Revolutionary War", for example |
| 28% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Count who founded the "Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Luftschiffahrt" in 1898, a venture that ended up with the Hindenburg |
| 28% | BAT | 3 | Northrop Grumman's unmanned, mid-altitude flyer, used by the US Armed Forces, that carries a 100 pound payload with a 14 foot wingspan |
| 28% | SMILE | 5 | "We shall never know all the good that a simple ___ can do": Mother Teresa |
| 28% | SNL | 3 | Show that starts with a cold open sketch that ends with the phrase that includes "... from New York, it's ..." |
| 28% | RAVEN | 5 | Poe poem that starts "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |