| 100% | JOHN | 4 | In 1912, 24,587 new male babies in the US were given this first name |
| 43% | JOHNDOE | 7 | In the US, name given to an unidentified male body |
| 38% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 38% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 37% | LOSALAMOS | 9 | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| 37% | CNN | 3 | Channel started in 1980 that was the first in the world to provide 24-hour news coverage |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 36% | SIA | 3 | Australian whose first big hit in the US was "Chandelier" |
| 36% | HUEY | 4 | First name in the News? |
| 36% | BREATH | 6 | *Brrr* Dragon's ___, try this frozen dessert dipped in liquid nitrogen that will give the illusion of the dessert's name |
| 36% | GALLONS | 7 | In the US, gasoline is sold in these liquid units |
| 36% | ORLEANS | 7 | New __ is called "The Birthplace of Jazz" in the US |
| 35% | EVEL | 4 | First name of the role George Hamilton played in a 1971 movie where he stated "I am the last gladiator in the new Rome" |
| 35% | EIGHTIES | 8 | Ronald Reagan was the US president in this decade |
| 35% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 35% | LECAR | 5 | Name under which the Renault 5 was marketed in the U.S. |
| 34% | MAUI | 4 | 17th largest island in the US which was originally named "Ihikapalaumaewa" |
| 34% | HEBREWS | 7 | This Epistle is a book in the New Testament |
| 34% | FTLB | 4 | This force, used in the US, is the equivalent of about 13.5 million ergs (abbr.) |
| 34% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 34% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
| 34% | STU | 3 | Rasmussen who was the first openly transgender mayor in the U.S. |
| 34% | TEXAS | 5 | Where Paris (pop. 24,476) can be found in the U.S. |
| 34% | ADOLF | 5 | First name from which the "Adi" in Adidas is derived |
| 34% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 34% | NOAH | 4 | Second-most-popular name for baby boys in the U.S. in 2022 |
| 34% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to admit women |
| 34% | GREY | 4 | Baby portrayer in "Dirty Dancing" whose first name is at 44a |
| 34% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 34% | ILHAN | 5 | First name of the This Is What America Looks Like memoirist |