| 100% | TWO | 3 | Each state's allotment of US senators |
| 47% | SENIOR | 6 | Like half of U.S. senators |
| 47% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former U.S. President who served as State Senator and U.S. Senator of 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | MEN | 3 | 80% of U.S. senators, currently |
| 45% | MISSISSIPPIRIVERBASIN | 21 | Watershed draining dozens of U.S. states |
| 44% | NONE | 4 | Number of U.S. states starting with "B" |
| 44% | DOLE | 4 | Former Senator Bob or Elizabeth, each of whom once ran for US president |
| 44% | ASIAN | 5 | Like roughly 37% of U.S. immigrants each year |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states with three-word capitals |
| 43% | THREE | 5 | Number of U.S. states that start with "C" |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states without any straight borders |
| 43% | OAKS | 4 | State trees of six U.S. states |
| 43% | ANNAPOLIS | 9 | Alphabetically second on a list of U.S. state capitals |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of U.S. states that start with a D |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | Leader of four U.S. states |
| 42% | SONORA | 6 | State S of Arizona |
| 42% | TWO | 3 | Number of U.S. state names that start with a V |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | State that's the birthplace of seven US presidents |
| 42% | LATIN | 5 | Language of 20 U.S. state mottos |
| 42% | NEW | 3 | Start of four U.S. state names |
| 42% | ONE | 3 | Number of monosyllabic U.S. state names |
| 42% | ANA | 3 | Finish of three U.S. state names |
| 42% | NORTH | 5 | Start of two U.S. state names |
| 42% | LATIN | 5 | Language of 25 U.S. state mottos |
| 42% | THIRTY | 6 | Minimum age of a U.S. senator |
| 41% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
| 41% | ALASKA | 6 | U.S. state with the highest percentage of Native residents |
| 41% | ALASKA | 6 | U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline |
| 41% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 41% | SALEM | 5 | Capital of the U.S. state of Oregon |