| 100% | FBI | 3 | Govt. org. that had the same leader for its first 48 years (1924-72) |
| 37% | FERN | 4 | Plants that have remained mostly the same on a nuclear level for 180 million years |
| 35% | BOISE | 5 | State capital that has the same number of letters as its state |
| 34% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band that played its song “Misery Business” in 2022 for the first time since retiring it four years earlier |
| 33% | BRICS | 5 | Multination org. named for its first five members (its '23 summit included da Silva, Lavrov, Modi, Xi, and the ANC leader) |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band that has the first letter of each member on its name |
| 32% | CMA | 3 | Org. that named Kacey Musgraves its 2019 Female Vocalist of the Year |
| 32% | EPA | 3 | Org. created the same year as the first Earth Day |
| 31% | CMA | 3 | Nashville org. that voted “Fast Car” its 2023 song of the year |
| 31% | IRS | 3 | Org. that recently extended its deadline by three months but still has demands for returns |
| 31% | MODERNFAMILY | 12 | Sitcom that has won the Emmy for Oustanding Comedy Series five years running: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CMA | 3 | Group that has named Garth Brooks its Entertainer of the Year a record seven times: Abbr. |
| 30% | ISOTONES | 8 | Atoms that have the same number of neutrons |
| 30% | SALINE | 6 | Southern Michigan city that has held an annual Celtic Festival each summer for the past 24 years |
| 30% | AYE | 3 | Word that keeps the same meaning if you move its first letter to the end |
| 30% | EPA | 3 | Government org. created the same year as the first Earth Day |
| 30% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that has the same colors as an orca |
| 29% | EPA | 3 | Government org. created the same year as the first Earth Day (Abbr.) |
| 29% | BIRYANI | 7 | Dish that has been the most ordered meal for eight straight years on India's largest food-delivery app |
| 29% | SECONDMYREGRETS | 15 | Have the same remorseful feelings that I’m having? |
| 29% | EMENDS | 6 | Synonym for “alters” that keeps its meaning if the first letter is changed to an “A” |
| 29% | MADMEN | 6 | Show that won the Outstanding Drama Emmy for each of its first four seasons |
| 29% | ASHE | 4 | New York tennis stadium that has the same letters as 23-Down |
| 28% | KEY | 3 | Paper that has the answers for a test |
| 28% | SSA | 3 | Org. that has its benefits |
| 28% | VINYLS | 6 | Records that outsold CDs in 2022, for the first time in 35 years |
| 28% | VOLARE | 6 | 1958 hit that won the first-ever Grammy for Song of the Year |
| 28% | NAPA | 4 | Auto parts chain that has the same name as a California wine valley |
| 28% | SHEA | 4 | Former New York baseball stadium that has the same letters as 22-Down |
| 28% | PTA | 3 | Grp. that often has its first meeting in the fall |