| 100% | AER | 3 | Nonprofit financial assistance org. HQed in Arlington that helps US Army soldiers and dependents in the form of grants or loans (abbr.) |
| 28% | NAE | 3 | US org. that advised in 1971 that the Port Authority of NY and NJ not construct additional runways at JFK airport |
| 27% | DOB | 3 | First lesbian civil and political rights org. in the US, formed in 1955 (abbr.) |
| 27% | EMI | 3 | Org. that supports Homeland Security and FEMA by improving competency of officials involved in US disaster response (abbr.) |
| 27% | NSA | 3 | Body in charge of security and surveillance in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 27% | PVT | 3 | Lowest-ranked soldier in the US Army: Abbr. |
| 26% | OCA | 3 | Religious org. under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon Mollard, that has over 450 parishes in the US (abbr.) |
| 26% | ABA | 3 | Org. HQed in Savage, Minnesota whose members play a winter game that's a hybrid of ice hockey, field hockey and soccer (abbr.) |
| 26% | SILEX | 5 | Mineral in the form of quartz or flint |
| 26% | CAPITAL | 7 | Wealth in the form of money or assets |
| 25% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 25% | ANS | 3 | Org. that promotes the study of onomastics and whose annual conference is in SF next January |
| 25% | HBO | 3 | Cable channel that airs the show in 18a, and other shows like "Game of Thrones": Abbr. |
| 25% | YAZOO | 5 | River in Mississippi, US, formed by the confluence of the Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers |
| 25% | MONTRACHET | 10 | Goat cheese made in Burgundy in the form of a cylinder that is then wrapped with a chestnut leaf and tied with raffia |
| 25% | NEBULOUS | 8 | In the form of a haze or cloud |
| 25% | AEC | 3 | Former U.S. government agency formed for the development of atomic science and technology: Abbr. |
| 25% | PAIGNTON | 8 | Coastal town in South Devon that with Torquay and Brixham forms the borough of Torbay |
| 25% | ACLU | 4 | Nonprofit organization that strives to preserve the rights and liberties of Americans: Abbr. |
| 25% | CMA | 3 | Org. that awarded Taylor Swift "Entertainer of the Year" in 2009 and 2011 |
| 25% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 25% | ISP | 3 | Org. that provides on-line access and in the US, has to allow law agencies to monitor their transmissions |
| 24% | CASH | 4 | Money in the form of bills and coins |
| 24% | CLOUD | 5 | Type of storage that allows us to access our files and data from anywhere in the world |
| 24% | DEEPPURPLE | 10 | English rock band formed in 1968 and led by Ian Gillan, who gave us hits like "Soldier of Fortune" and "Smoke on the Water": 2 wds. |
| 24% | DOCTOREDUP | 10 | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| 24% | PNC | 3 | American financial services provider, that is the fifth-largest bank in the U.S., by number of branches |
| 24% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 24% | REALGAR | 7 | Rare orange-red mineral that occurs in Romania and the US state of Utah |