| 100% | BPOE | 4 | Fraternal org. founded in 1868 |
| 68% | ELKS | 4 | Fraternal order founded by Charles Vivian in 1868 |
| 62% | MWA | 3 | Fraternal org. founded in 1883, now with over 740,000 members, that was to protect families after the death of a breadwinner. (abbr.) |
| 59% | GAR | 3 | Fraternal org. for US Civil War vets founded in 1866 and dissolved with the death of its last member in 1956 |
| 58% | BPOE | 4 | Fraternal org. founded as the Jolly Corks |
| 57% | OAS | 3 | Org. founded in 1948 |
| 57% | DAR | 3 | Org. founded in 1890 |
| 57% | EPA | 3 | Org. founded in 1970 |
| 56% | OPEC | 4 | Org. founded in Baghdad in 1960 |
| 54% | YMCA | 4 | Org. founded in 1844 for urban workers |
| 54% | USN | 3 | Org. founded in response to Barbary pirates |
| 53% | UPI | 3 | News org. founded in 1958 |
| 53% | NRA | 3 | Marksmanship org. founded in 1871 |
| 53% | LPGA | 4 | Sports org. founded in 1950 |
| 53% | NCAA | 4 | Sports org. founded in 1906 |
| 53% | YWCA | 4 | Youth org. founded in 1858 |
| 53% | SAR | 3 | Patriotic org. founded in 1889 |
| 53% | GOP | 3 | Political org. founded in 1854 |
| 53% | NOW | 3 | Feminist org. founded in 1966 |
| 53% | ACLU | 4 | Rights org. founded in 1920 |
| 53% | EPA | 3 | Government org. founded in 1970 |
| 53% | AAA | 3 | Org. found early in the phone book |
| 53% | AMA | 3 | Org. founded in 1847 by Dr. Nathan Smith Davis |
| 52% | WTA | 3 | Org. founded by Billie Jean King in 1973 |
| 52% | NBA | 3 | Org. found in the answer to each asterisked clue |
| 52% | OSHA | 4 | Safety org. found in "Radio Shack" |
| 52% | PTA | 3 | Org. founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers |
| 51% | UEFA | 4 | Soccer org. founded in Switzerland in 1954 |
| 51% | GLAAD | 5 | Media monitoring org. founded in 1985 |
| 51% | ADL | 3 | Civil rights org. founded in 1913 |