| 100% | WHEN | 4 | First word of the Declaration of Independence |
| 76% | GOD | 3 | Word in the Declaration of Independence but not the Constitution |
| 73% | WHEN | 4 | Declaration of Independence's first word |
| 67% | THOS | 4 | Abbreviated first name found three times on the signed Declaration of Independence |
| 66% | INALIENABLE | 11 | Word that, though not found in the Declaration of Independence, does appear in the excerpt inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial |
| 65% | DES | 3 | First word of the capital of 15-Across |
| 64% | THOMASJEFFERSON | 15 | Chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence |
| 64% | ARMA | 4 | First word of the "Aeneid" |
| 64% | WETHEPEOPLE | 11 | First words of the Constitution |
| 63% | GOODMORNING | 11 | First words of the day, perhaps |
| 62% | GOD | 3 | First word of the British national anthem |
| 62% | OUR | 3 | First word of the Lord's Prayer |
| 62% | ENSE | 4 | First word of the Bay State motto |
| 62% | HES | 3 | First word of the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" |
| 62% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo" |
| 62% | ARUBA | 5 | First word of the 1988 song "Kokomo" |
| 62% | TIS | 3 | First word of the song "Simple Gifts" |
| 62% | LIFT | 4 | First word of the Black national anthem |
| 62% | LEE | 3 | One of two Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence |
| 62% | LET | 3 | First word of the Bible's first quote |
| 62% | ARTICLE | 7 | First word of the Constitution after the preamble |
| 62% | JEFFERSON | 9 | President, drafted the Declaration of Independence |
| 61% | NEW | 3 | First word in the names of four states |
| 61% | SUNNY | 5 | First word of the "Sesame Street" theme song |
| 61% | LAS | 3 | First word of the largest city in Nevada |
| 61% | OSAY | 4 | First words of the National Anthem (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ROBT | 4 | ___ Morris, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 61% | SAML | 4 | ___ Adams, signature on the Declaration of Independence |
| 61% | WYTHE | 5 | George who signed the Declaration of Independence |