| 100% | LAY | 3 | He merged with Pepsi in '65 |
| 46% | TITO | 4 | He broke with Stalin in 1948 |
| 46% | STEARNS | 7 | He partnered with Bear in 1923 |
| 46% | KEMP | 4 | He ran with Dole in 1996 |
| 46% | CAINE | 5 | He sparred with Olivier in "Sleuth" |
| 46% | AFL | 3 | It merged with the CIO in 1955 |
| 46% | CIO | 3 | It merged with the AFL in 1955 |
| 46% | NAT | 3 | He sang with Stubby in "Cat Ballou" |
| 45% | AOL | 3 | Company that merged with Time Warner in 2000 |
| 45% | AOL | 3 | ISP that merged with Time Warner in 2000 |
| 45% | CITROEN | 7 | It merged with Peugeot in 1976 |
| 45% | AMOCO | 5 | It merged with BP in 1998 |
| 45% | EXXON | 5 | It merged with Mobil in 1999 |
| 45% | ZANZIBAR | 8 | It merged with Tanganyika in 1964 |
| 45% | UNOCAL | 6 | It merged with Chevron in 2005 |
| 45% | MOBIL | 5 | It merged with Exxon in 1999 |
| 45% | MOLSON | 6 | It merged with Coors in 2005 |
| 44% | USAIR | 5 | Early carrier that merged with American Airlines in 2013 |
| 44% | AFL | 3 | Union that merged with the CIO in 1955 (Abbr.) |
| 43% | GENEKELLY | 9 | He danced with Jerry Mouse in Anchors Aweigh |
| 43% | PETERPAN | 8 | He lives with the lost boys in Neverland |
| 43% | HEBREW | 6 | With 65-Across, what aleph begins, in linguistics |
| 43% | PEROT | 5 | Choate ran with him in 1996 |
| 43% | MAO | 3 | Nixon met with him in 1972 |
| 42% | AMOCO | 5 | Company that merged with BP in 1998 |
| 42% | ERICSSON | 8 | Company that merged with Sony in 2001 |
| 42% | DAIMLER | 7 | Company that merged with Benz in 1926 |
| 42% | KMART | 5 | Store that merged with Sears in 2005 |
| 42% | SEARS | 5 | Retailer that merged with Kmart in 2005 |
| 42% | EXXON | 5 | Company that merged with Mobil in 1999 |