| 100% | TARGET | 6 | Large US retailer that expanded in Canada in 2013 with great fanfare, but closed all Canadian stores in 2015 |
| 25% | IKEA | 4 | Swedish retailer that opened its first US store in 1985 |
| 24% | KOHLS | 5 | Largest U.S. department store chain that has stores in 49 U.S. states |
| 23% | AMAZON | 6 | Company that passed Walmart in 2015 as the world's largest retailer by market value |
| 23% | PET | 3 | Something that all but three U.S. presidents have had while in office |
| 23% | LEAN | 4 | With 51-Across, Bill Withers hit song that begins, "Sometimes in our lives / We all have pain" |
| 23% | XENIA | 5 | Ohio city that's the largest in the U.S. that starts with its letter |
| 22% | SEARS | 5 | Retailer that merged with Kmart in 2005 |
| 22% | KMART | 5 | Retailer that merged with Sears in 2004 |
| 22% | ALJAZEERA | 9 | Qatar-based broadcaster that expanded to America in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 22% | SEARS | 5 | Largest U.S. retailer in the 1980s |
| 21% | IKEA | 4 | Furniture retailer that sells Swedish meatballs in its stores |
| 21% | RITEAID | 7 | Drugstore chain that closed its last store in 2025 |
| 21% | MEAD | 4 | Lake ___, largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam |
| 21% | KOHLS | 5 | Retailer that began as a grocery store in Milwaukee |
| 21% | RHINO | 5 | Large mammal with nose horn that wallows in mud |
| 21% | KRAFT | 5 | Company that merged with Heinz in 2015 |
| 21% | SEAMLESS | 8 | Company that merged with Grubhub in 2013 |
| 20% | ERIE | 4 | Great Lake in Canada and the US near Niagara Falls |
| 20% | HBC | 3 | Canadian outfit that bought Saks Fifth Avenue in 2013 (abbr.) |
| 20% | KRAFT | 5 | Food giant that merged with Heinz in 2015 |
| 20% | KRAFT | 5 | Food company that merged with Heinz in 2015 |
| 20% | PENGUIN | 7 | Publisher that merged with Random House in 2013 |
| 20% | MILEY | 5 | With 32-Across, "Party in the U.S.A." singer who was both the host and musical guest on 2013 and 2015 "SNL" episodes |
| 20% | SCTV | 4 | Canadian comedy picked up by NBC in 1981 that recently shot back into the limelight with the launch of the latest two US astronauts |
| 20% | BILLS | 5 | Ones in the U.S., but not in Canada |
| 20% | EDMONTON | 8 | City that has the largest shopping mall in Canada |
| 20% | USAIR | 5 | Early carrier that merged with American Airlines in 2013 |
| 20% | KMART | 5 | Store that merged with Sears in 2005 |
| 20% | IKEA | 4 | European retailer that opened its first US location in 1985 |