| 100% | RECLEAGUES | 10 | Groups that might appear on local court schedules, briefly? |
| 47% | ACLS | 4 | Bands that may be strained on courts, briefly |
| 42% | STORK | 5 | Bird that might appear on a birth announcement |
| 42% | MOTTO | 5 | Phrase that might appear on a state flag |
| 41% | CHOIR | 5 | Group that may stand on risers |
| 41% | STATESEALS | 10 | Insignia that might appear on the front of governors’ podiums |
| 40% | CHOIR | 5 | Group that may follow the scores on Sunday |
| 39% | DAD | 3 | "World's Greatest ___" (phrase that might appear on a Father's Day gift) |
| 39% | LBS | 3 | Units that might be "put on," briefly |
| 36% | PSA | 3 | Spot that may be on the environment, briefly |
| 36% | ALA | 3 | Phrase that might appear before "française" or "provençale" on a fancy menu: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CPR | 3 | Technique that may be practiced on a Resusci Anne, briefly |
| 35% | INVASIVESPECIES | 15 | Non-native organism that may wreak havoc on a local ecosystem |
| 35% | UNION | 5 | Group of workers that might go on strike |
| 33% | UNION | 5 | Group that might strike |
| 33% | CPA | 3 | One may be working on a schedule, briefly |
| 33% | SEARCHPARTY | 11 | Group that may be hounded? |
| 33% | CROWD | 5 | Big group of people that one may find at stores on 16a |
| 32% | SKABANDS | 8 | Groups that might be skanked to |
| 32% | SCOUTTROOPS | 11 | Groups that might earn merit badges |
| 32% | ITTEAMS | 7 | Groups that may diagnose crashes, say |
| 32% | ORATORIOSOCIETY | 15 | Group that might perform 16-Across |
| 32% | UNION | 5 | Group that might organize a strike |
| 32% | MATHTEAM | 8 | Group that might divide and conquer? |
| 32% | UNION | 5 | Group that may call a strike |
| 32% | ROADCREW | 8 | Group that may do some grading |
| 32% | LABORUNION | 10 | Group that might organize a work stoppage |
| 32% | FILMCLUB | 8 | Group that might debate “Us” vs. “Them!” |
| 32% | PTA | 3 | Group that may run school fundraisers: Abbr. |
| 32% | ALUMNICLUB | 10 | Group that may arrange a class reunion |