| 100% | OMB | 3 | Fiscal arm of the executive branch, in brief |
| 50% | NAVY | 4 | Branch of the armed services featured in "Top Gun: Maverick" |
| 44% | GITRACT | 7 | Part of the digestive system, in brief |
| 44% | CIA | 3 | Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief |
| 44% | ACL | 3 | Neighbor of the patellar tendon, in brief |
| 43% | WALLST | 6 | Site of the first "Occupy" protests, in brief |
| 43% | XER | 3 | Any of the “Stranger Things” kids, in brief |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | Unfinished crusade of the 1970s, in brief |
| 43% | ETAL | 4 | And more of the same, in brief |
| 43% | XER | 3 | Child of the '70s, in brief |
| 43% | ATEST | 5 | Blast of the past, in brief |
| 43% | JSBACH | 6 | Composer of the "Brandenburg Concertos," in brief |
| 42% | ALTHO | 5 | In spite of the fact that, in brief |
| 42% | OSU | 3 | The Buckeyes of the Big Ten, in brief |
| 42% | MSU | 3 | The Spartans of the Big Ten, in brief |
| 42% | USCG | 4 | Mil. branch in the Dept. of Homeland Security |
| 42% | HUDSONBAY | 9 | Inland arm of the Atlantic Ocean in Canada |
| 42% | UAR | 3 | Nasser's bailiwick of the sixties, in brief |
| 41% | SST | 3 | Onetime part of the Air France fleet, in brief |
| 41% | SMU | 3 | Home of the George W. Bush Institute, in brief |
| 41% | MLK | 3 | Author of the "Letter From Birmingham Jail," in brief |
| 41% | ASLEEP | 6 | In the arms of Morpheus |
| 41% | SUP | 3 | Publishing arm of the California school that admitted its first students in 1891 (abbr.) |
| 41% | NLEAST | 6 | Home of the Mets (but not the Yankees), in brief |
| 41% | WHO | 3 | Branch of the U.N. in 2020 news |
| 40% | SNL | 3 | Source of the films "The Blues Brothers" and "Coneheads," in brief |
| 40% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 40% | SHOULDER | 8 | Area on each side of the body, holds arms in place |
| 40% | SPACEFORCE | 10 | Branch of the U.S. military launched in 2019 |
| 40% | SSR | 3 | Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |