| 100% | WAMPANOAG | 9 | Native People at the Pilgrims' first harvest celebration in 1621, which inspired Thanksgiving |
| 30% | CARNATIONS | 10 | Flowers that have represented Mother's Day since 17a delivered 500 of them at the first celebration in 1908 |
| 29% | ARMORYSHOW | 10 | Event at which the work spelled out by the circled letters was first exhibited in America |
| 29% | CAPE | 4 | Where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World |
| 28% | XGAMES | 6 | 2013 competition where Mitchie Brusco became the first person to land a 1080 at in the Big Air event |
| 28% | PILGRIM | 7 | Early American at the first Thanksgiving |
| 28% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 28% | ORIG | 4 | At first, in the OED |
| 28% | MOI | 3 | The first person in France? |
| 28% | ADAM | 4 | First person in the Bible |
| 28% | ADAM | 4 | First person, in the Bible |
| 28% | MOI | 3 | First person in the Louvre? |
| 27% | QUAKERFLOATS | 12 | Attractions at the Thanksgiving parade in old Pennsylvania? |
| 27% | SNOWBOARDING | 12 | Winter Olympic sport inspired by skiing which involves descending down the white winter blanket without poles and was first played in 1965 |
| 27% | CHEROKEEPHOENIX | 15 | First Native American newspaper in the country |
| 27% | LIFESTYLE | 9 | The way in which a person lives |
| 27% | ABEL | 4 | First person to die in the Bible |
| 26% | LUGE | 4 | Winter Olympic sport which is also a small one or two person sled that rhymes with "huge" and was first played in the 1870s |
| 26% | DJS | 3 | People in charge of the music, at parties : Abbr. |
| 26% | ERICBANA | 8 | First person to play the Hulk in the 2000s |
| 26% | EXODUS | 6 | Book in which the first Passover occurred |
| 26% | AERO | 4 | Prefix that's at the start of the first "A" in "NASA" |
| 26% | ADOLF | 5 | First name from which the "Adi" in Adidas is derived |
| 26% | HORSERACE | 9 | Event in which people jockey for first place |
| 26% | DIEIN | 5 | Protest at which people lie on the ground |
| 26% | NOVEMBER | 8 | Month during which Thanksgiving falls in the US |
| 26% | BOSS | 4 | Person in charge at the office |
| 25% | MELBA | 5 | Dame Nellie, who sang at the Met for the first time in 1893 |
| 25% | DORA | 4 | First Latina balloon character in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade |
| 25% | RHODA | 5 | First TV show to debut at #1 in the Nielsen ratings |