| 100% | DAVISCUP | 8 | International athletic competition that began in 1900 as a challenge between the U.S. and Great Britain |
| 31% | YAHOO | 5 | Internet giant that began as "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in 1994 |
| 30% | HEATHROW | 8 | London airport that began life in 1929 as the Great West Aerodrome |
| 30% | AREA | 4 | ___ code (three digits that begin a phone number in the US or Canada) |
| 29% | SMOKY | 5 | Great ___ Mountains National park located between North Carolina and Tennessee that was featured in the movie "A Walk in the Spring Rain" |
| 28% | WARTS | 5 | Bumps that are often seen on toads and also a feature of Shrek's anatomy as an ogre in the book |
| 28% | ANNABELLEE | 10 | Classic poem that begins "It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea" |
| 28% | KFC | 3 | Restaurant chain that began in a former filling station along U.S. Route 25 |
| 28% | ERIE | 4 | Canal that forms a link between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes |
| 28% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 28% | PRIVATELY | 9 | "Between us"... or the word hidden between U and S in this puzzle's theme entries |
| 27% | SIMILE | 6 | Poetic device that makes a direct comparison between two things, as "She walks in beauty, like the night" |
| 27% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 27% | GHANA | 5 | Country that eliminated the U.S.A. in both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups |
| 27% | HALALGUYS | 9 | With “the,” gyro-and-chicken chain that began as a food cart in midtown Manhattan |
| 27% | IMONFIRE | 8 | Springsteen hit between "Born in the U.S.A." and "Glory Days" |
| 27% | DONTSTARTWITHME | 15 | Words that might begin (or prevent) an argument, and a grammar tip for the three speakers in this puzzle |
| 26% | THREELEGGEDRACE | 15 | Competition that starts and finishes in a tie |
| 26% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 26% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 26% | ATTU | 4 | The Battle of ___, a famed battle between U.S and Japanese forces in Alaska |
| 26% | MIDI | 4 | Skirt that’s between a mini and a maxi in length |
| 26% | ALE | 3 | Beer that's the "tan" in a Black and Tan cocktail |
| 26% | TRUEBLUE | 8 | Madonna album in between “Like a Virgin” and “Who’s That Girl” |
| 26% | ALLY | 4 | Nation that's on the same side as yours in a war |
| 26% | ONLYTHELONELY | 13 | 1960 Roy Orbison hit that has the same title as, and is featured in, a 1991 John Candy film (3 wds.) |
| 26% | TERR | 4 | Place under U.S. administration that's not a state, as the American Samoa: Abbr. |
| 26% | OHPRETTYWOMAN | 13 | 1964 Roy Orbison hit that has almost the same title as, and is featured in, a 1990 Julia Roberts film (3 wds.) |
| 26% | KOHLS | 5 | Retailer that began as a grocery store in Milwaukee |
| 26% | ABC | 3 | ___ Powers (negotiators between the U.S. and Mexico, 1914) |