| 100% | PACKARD | 7 | Hewlett-___, tech company that was founded on 1st January 1939 |
| 52% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that was founded in 1911 |
| 50% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that was founded in Endicott, New York in 1911 |
| 45% | EURO | 4 | International currency that was launched on 1st January 1999 |
| 40% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that is nicknamed "Big Blue": Abbr. |
| 40% | OPRAH | 5 | ___ Winfrey Network, cable channel that was launched on 1st January 2011 |
| 39% | LASTYEAR | 8 | Phrase that can be used in place of “yesterday” on January 1st |
| 39% | CANNON | 6 | Artillery that was found on old pirate ships |
| 39% | ELEMENTS | 8 | Things that are found on the periodic table |
| 39% | AOL | 3 | Tech company that was the subject of a 1997 Time cover |
| 39% | SPROUTS | 7 | Young shoots of alfalfa that are found on salads |
| 38% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that was granted a record 9,262 patents in 2019 |
| 38% | ELEVEN | 6 | Activewear company that was founded by tennis star Venus Williams |
| 38% | FRANKENSTEIN | 12 | Sci-fi novel by Mary Shelley that was published on 1st January 1818 |
| 38% | BRECKS | 6 | One of the oldest gardening companies that was founded in 1818 |
| 37% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that has been granted over 35,000 patents |
| 34% | MILK | 4 | Cow product that is celebrated worldwide on June 1st |
| 33% | HERBALIFE | 9 | Controversial multilevel-marketing supplement company that was the subject of the 2016 documentary Betting on Zero |
| 33% | INSULIN | 7 | Medicine that was first used to treat diabetes on January 11th, 1922 |
| 33% | APPLECOMPUTER | 13 | Tech company founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976 (2 wds.) |
| 33% | HARLEM | 6 | ___ Globetrotters (exhibition basketball team that was actually founded on Chicago's South Side) |
| 33% | BORON | 5 | Element with a low atomic number that is not found naturally on Earth |
| 32% | AERIE | 5 | Nest that may be found on a 1-Across |
| 32% | BCE | 3 | Abbr. that might be found on a museum placard |
| 31% | SEASPONGE | 9 | Porous thing that might be found on the floor? |
| 31% | OPAL | 4 | Precious stone that has been found on Mars (fun fact!) |
| 31% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that launched the ThinkPad |
| 31% | UNISYS | 6 | Tech company that sells ClearPath mainframes |
| 31% | XEROX | 5 | Tech company that became a verb |
| 31% | IBM | 3 | Tech company that invented floppy disks |