| 100% | EPONYMOUS | 9 | Like George Washington, vis-à-vis 30 counties in the US |
| 50% | SHERIFF | 7 | Chief law-enforcement officer in a county in the US |
| 49% | SIGNERS | 7 | George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin vis-à-vis the U.S. Constitution |
| 48% | SHERIFF | 7 | In the US, the chief law-enforcement officer in a county |
| 48% | HANDBAG | 7 | Like a purse in the US, or wallet in the UK |
| 46% | MESA | 4 | Largest city in the U.S. that's not a county seat |
| 45% | RARER | 5 | Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States |
| 45% | TRENTON | 7 | Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 43% | FOUNDING | 8 | ___ Fathers, led by George Washington this group of leaders established the U.S. of A |
| 42% | RECKLESS | 8 | __ driving is a major traffic violation in the US |
| 42% | GAMIER | 6 | Like that nice piece of wolverine steak you're saving vis-a-vis the grade A T-bone in the fridge |
| 41% | CHEWIER | 7 | Like the rope in Nerds Rope vis-a-vis the Nerds |
| 41% | MIAMIDADE | 9 | Most populous majority-Hispanic county in the U.S. |
| 41% | BARRYMORE | 9 | Surname of a famous acting family in the US |
| 41% | LOSER | 5 | Daniil Medvedev vis-à-vis Novak Djokovic in the 2023 U.S. Open final, e.g. |
| 41% | BLUE | 4 | A color in the U.S. flag |
| 41% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A.," 1984 Bruce Springsteen album that sold over 30 million copies |
| 41% | EASIEST | 7 | Like crosswords on Monday vis-à-vis those in the rest of the week |
| 41% | DEER | 4 | Like a ___ in the headlights |
| 41% | ONE | 3 | ___ dollar bill, currency that has George Washington's portrait and is the oldest design in U.S. currency history |
| 41% | VAGUE | 5 | Like the description "somewhere in the U.S." |
| 41% | AGO | 3 | A month ___ (around 30 days in the past) |
| 41% | HOT | 3 | Like a sauna or Sedona in the summer |
| 40% | DEER | 4 | Like a ___ in the headlights (stunned) |
| 40% | SLAP | 4 | Like a ___ in the face (insulting) |
| 40% | ERIE | 4 | City on a lake of the same name in the US |
| 40% | MLK | 3 | Initials of the man with a January holiday in the US |
| 40% | NAVAHO | 6 | Alternate spelling for a Native American language in the Southwestern US |
| 40% | HOGNOSE | 7 | Southern __ snake is a harmless species in the US |
| 40% | OUNCE | 5 | Weight unit for a kitchen scale, in the US |