| 100% | GREENCARD | 9 | Milestone on the path to U.S. citizenship |
| 53% | GOINGFAR | 8 | On the path to great success |
| 51% | ACNE | 4 | Bumps on the path to adulthood? |
| 44% | HIKERS | 6 | Ones on a path to the top? |
| 41% | EBAN | 4 | Abba, Israel's '50s ambassador to the US who when complimented on his Oxford English replied, "Cambridge actually..." |
| 41% | APPEAR | 6 | In the US, the last word in the phrase legally required to be on curved passenger's side mirrors |
| 40% | CAN | 3 | U.S. neighbor to the north |
| 40% | PEARL | 5 | With 4 Down, site of the attack that on today's date in 1941 lead to the US entering WWII |
| 40% | TROI | 4 | Empath on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 40% | AYESIR | 6 | Affirmative on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 40% | NIAGARA | 7 | Falls on the U.S./Canadian border |
| 40% | FIFTY | 5 | Star count on the U.S. flag |
| 40% | ELNORTE | 7 | The U.S., to Mexicans |
| 39% | ENS | 3 | Rank on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr. |
| 39% | SULU | 4 | Lieutenant on the original U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 39% | SULU | 4 | Helmsman Hikaru ___ on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 39% | HALSEY | 6 | Vice admiral on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 39% | TROI | 4 | Counselor Deanna on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 39% | SULU | 4 | Chief navigator on the U.S.S. Enterprise |
| 39% | IOOOISLANDS | 11 | Resort area on the U.S./Canada border |
| 39% | STAR | 4 | One of 50 on the U.S. flag |
| 39% | FIFTY | 5 | Number of stars on the U.S. flag |
| 39% | STRIPE | 6 | 1 of 13 on the U.S. flag |
| 39% | STRIPE | 6 | One of 13 on the U.S. flag |
| 39% | STARS | 5 | 50 are found on the U.S. flag |
| 39% | HALEY | 5 | U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki |
| 39% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | Texas senator who went on to become the 36th US president: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JIMMYCONNORS | 12 | Tennis great who is the only player to win the US Open Men's Singles championship on three different surfaces (2 wds.) |
| 38% | AES | 3 | U.S. Amb. to the U.N., 1961-65 |
| 38% | URANIA | 6 | Muse on the U.S. Naval Observatory's seal |