| 100% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
| 36% | AAH | 3 | US Army program begun in 1972 to find a replacement after the cancellation of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne (abbr.) |
| 35% | NSA | 3 | US intelligence organization within the Department of Defense: Abbr. |
| 35% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Seven of the schools in this group were established prior to 1770 |
| 35% | NSA | 3 | The US Department of Defense's intelligence agency |
| 35% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 35% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to U.S. sch. in the fall of 2021 |
| 34% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 34% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
| 34% | NSC | 3 | Advisory group to the U.S. President: Abbr. |
| 34% | NSA | 3 | Secretive Department of Defense group: Abbr. |
| 34% | CAVEANIMAL | 10 | U.S.A. ___ of the Year (award given to the little brown bat by the National Speleological Society, in 2022) |
| 34% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
| 33% | SETPOINT | 8 | In tennis, the last one to win a group of games |
| 33% | ASSN | 4 | One of the a's in Nascar: Abbr. |
| 33% | AMER | 4 | One of the A's in AAA: Abbr. |
| 33% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 33% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 33% | HOWIE | 5 | ___ Dorough, member of the group "Backstreet Boys" who released a solo album "Back to Me" in 2011 |
| 33% | ALUM | 4 | Member belonging to a group of people who all went to the same school : Abbr. |
| 33% | CARPAL | 6 | A group of bones in the wrist |
| 33% | HHS | 3 | U.S. department with the motto "Improving the health, safety and well-being of America": Abbr. |
| 33% | TINCANS | 7 | They're tied to the back of a married couple's car |
| 33% | FORTMCHENRY | 11 | Historic U.S. place in the shape of a five-pointed star |
| 33% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 32% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 32% | COMMUNITY | 9 | A group of people living in the same place |
| 32% | JAMES | 5 | ___ A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
| 32% | CANS | 4 | They're sometimes tied to the back of a bride and groom's car |
| 32% | ASSN | 4 | One of the A's in N.A.A.C.P.: Abbr. |