| 100% | CWT | 3 | Measure used in the US for selling livestock although when used in the UK you'll get 96 more pounds for every 8 units of steer (abbr.) |
| 23% | STERLING | 8 | Formal name for the pound used in the UK |
| 23% | ACRES | 5 | Units of measure for mansions in the country, perhaps |
| 22% | IDAHO | 5 | Source of more than half of the trout sold in the U.S. |
| 22% | BURN | 4 | "We'll ___ that bridge when we get to it," example of 50a that predicts a mess in the future |
| 22% | IRE | 3 | Source of much U.S. immigration in the 1840s: Abbr. |
| 22% | ETA | 3 | When you'll get in: Abbr. |
| 22% | HAND | 4 | Unit of length equalling four inches used for measuring the height of horses |
| 21% | KMH | 3 | A unit of speed which is the most commonly used throughout the world: Abbr |
| 21% | BECHDELTEST | 11 | Assessment used for measuring the representation of women in film |
| 21% | NERD | 4 | Type of person Lewis was when he said "We have news for the beautiful people. There's a lot more of us then there are of you." ('84) |
| 21% | DENIER | 6 | Unit of weight used for measuring the fineness of silk equal to one gram per 9,000 metres |
| 21% | BRAIN | 5 | "Three pounds of the most complex material we've discovered in the universe," per David Eagleman |
| 21% | FTLB | 4 | This force, used in the US, is the equivalent of about 13.5 million ergs (abbr.) |
| 21% | NOONE | 5 | Who "can get in the way of what I feel for you," in a 2007 #1 Alicia Keys hit |
| 21% | EUROS | 5 | Coins used in much of the E.U. |
| 20% | NOONE | 5 | Who can get in the way of what Alicia Keys feels for you, in a 2007 hit |
| 20% | VAS | 3 | Units used for expressing electrical power in the metric system (abbr.) |
| 20% | NOV | 3 | When Thanksgiving is, in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | GULLIBLE | 8 | How you might feel after reading the third letter of every clue in this puzzle for a secret message |
| 20% | ENG | 3 | Most common spoken language in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | NYC | 3 | Most populous urban area in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to school in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | ENG | 3 | Most commonly spoken language in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to university in the US: Abbr. |
| 20% | NYC | 3 | Most populous city in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 20% | SBS | 3 | Abbr. for the phenomenon when nonspecific symptoms are reported by many people in new homes and offices |
| 20% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that received the most applications of any US school in 2017: Abbr. |
| 20% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 20% | APR | 3 | When Arbor Day is celebrated in the US: Abbr. |