| 100% | TLAXCALA | 8 | Mexican state named for a pre-Columbian enemy of the Aztecs |
| 52% | HIDALGO | 7 | State named for the "Father of Mexican Independence" |
| 43% | KAON | 4 | Particle named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 43% | TEE | 3 | Shirt named for a letter of the alphabet |
| 43% | SUNDAE | 6 | Dish named for a day of the week |
| 43% | SOLDIER | 7 | General name for a member of the Army |
| 43% | BAJA | 4 | ___ Blast (Mountain Dew flavor named for a Mexican state) |
| 42% | TOU | 3 | Name for a king of Hamath, in the Bible (anagram of "out") |
| 42% | SONORA | 6 | Mexican state for which a desert is named |
| 42% | COCCYX | 6 | Medical name for a tailbone, base of the spine |
| 42% | SABLE | 5 | Retired WWE female wrestler named for a cousin of the mink |
| 42% | TONYAWARD | 9 | Prize named for a co-founder of the American Theatre Wing |
| 41% | HEGOTGAME | 9 | 1998 Public Enemy single written for a Spike Lee film of the same name |
| 41% | SAARLAND | 8 | German state named for a river, with "the" |
| 41% | CALYX | 5 | Collective name for the sepals of a flower |
| 41% | MAE | 3 | Common middle name for a girl, also the name of TV star ___ West |
| 41% | NAPOLI | 6 | Italian name for a port city often credited as the home of pizza |
| 41% | NONET | 5 | Name for one of the 3x3 regions in a Sudoku grid |
| 41% | ORIOLES | 7 | MLB team named for the state bird of Maryland |
| 41% | SLC | 3 | State capital named for a body of water (Abbr.) |
| 40% | KNAVES | 6 | Alternative name for the jacks in a deck of cards |
| 40% | PETIOLE | 7 | Botanical name for the stem or stalk of a leaf |
| 40% | CUEBALL | 7 | Another name for the white in a game of snooker |
| 40% | ARCH | 4 | Part of the foot which is also a prefix for enemy |
| 39% | ERIES | 5 | Members of the Iroquoian people for whom a Great Lake is named |
| 39% | BATTLESHIP | 10 | It may have the name of a state |
| 39% | BOSSA | 5 | Start of the name of a dance that's Portuguese for "new trend" |
| 39% | DEEP | 4 | & 8A Name for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina |
| 39% | ORIOLE | 6 | State bird of Maryland, for which a baseball team was named |
| 39% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State whose name is the title of a classic Broadway musical |