| 100% | UTE | 3 | Government-owned power company operating in Montevideo and first established in 1912 (abbr.) |
| 32% | CUNARD | 6 | Samuel ___, who got the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract in 1839 and whose company is now owned by the Carnival Corporation |
| 32% | NBW | 3 | First bank established in Washington, DC: Abbr. |
| 30% | USDA | 4 | Government agency that operates the Food and Nutrition Service: Abbr. |
| 30% | AIRLINES | 8 | Companies that own and operate planes |
| 29% | OREO | 4 | Product first released by the National Biscuit Company in 1912 |
| 27% | SNC | 3 | American cable company that is owned jointly by ABC and Group W : Abbr. |
| 27% | CASWELLMASSEY | 13 | First fragrance and personal care product company in America, founded in 1752: Hyph. |
| 26% | WALTDISNEY | 10 | Company that produced the movies in the first parts of 18-, 26- and 46-Across |
| 26% | OREO | 4 | "Biscuit" first produced in Chelsea, Manhattan in 1912 and sold at the price of 25 cents a pound |
| 26% | YDS | 3 | The ten in "first and ten": Abbr. |
| 26% | OREOS | 5 | Cookies first sold in 1912 |
| 26% | EMTS | 4 | First responders in ambulances: Abbr. |
| 25% | IPO | 3 | Event in which a company first allows the general public to buy its stock: Abbr. |
| 25% | ELEC | 4 | Power company product: Abbr. |
| 25% | RCA | 3 | Company that unveiled the first black-and-white TV in 1939 |
| 25% | OREO | 4 | Nabisco sandwich cookie first sold in 1912 |
| 25% | EPA | 3 | Government org. established in 1970 |
| 25% | ELEC | 4 | Power company's product: Abbr. |
| 25% | DOB | 3 | First lesbian civil and political rights org. in the US, formed in 1955 (abbr.) |
| 25% | IMLAC | 5 | Company in Needham, Massachusetts that produced the PDS-1 and PDS-4 in 1970, the first low-cost, graphical mini-computer |
| 25% | IBM | 3 | "Big Blue" tech company that powers stats and insights at Wimbledon as the official technology partner: Abbr. |
| 25% | PSA | 3 | Government's "FYI," in ads: Abbr. |
| 25% | EMT | 3 | First responder in an ambulance: Abbr. |
| 25% | BFFS | 4 | First responders in a crisis?: Abbr. |
| 25% | ETHAN | 5 | First name in patriotism and furniture |
| 25% | RONALD | 6 | First name in clowns and conservatism |
| 25% | ORVILLE | 7 | First name in popcorn and aviation |
| 24% | DTS | 3 | Company specializing in digital surround sound : Abbr. |
| 24% | SSN | 3 | American ID first created in 1936: Abbr. |