| 100% | CAPPUCCINO | 10 | NYC's Caffe Reggio in Greenwich Village claims to have introduced this drink to the US in the early 1920s |
| 29% | PARSECS | 7 | Han Solo claims to have made the Kessel Run in less than 12 of these |
| 28% | AKITA | 5 | Dog breed Helen Keller introduced to the U.S. in 1937 |
| 28% | ASIANLONGHORNEDBEETLE | 21 | Tree-damaging pest accidentally introduced to the U.S. in 1996 |
| 28% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 27% | KENO | 4 | Game introduced to the U.S. by Chinese immigrants in the 19th century |
| 26% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud." (stop at an early stage) |
| 26% | NIP | 3 | "We have to ___ it in the bud" (stop at an early stage) |
| 26% | AHA | 3 | First Norwegian band to have a #1 hit in the US: Hyph. |
| 26% | PARITY | 6 | What the U.S. and Canadian dollars had, roughly, in the early 2010s |
| 25% | MIRREN | 6 | Only person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
| 25% | LSD | 3 | Pitcher Dock Ellis claimed to have used this before throwing a no-hitter in 1970 |
| 25% | ANNI | 4 | ___ Albers, first textile designer to have a solo exhibition at the MoMA in NYC (1949) |
| 25% | WARRENGHARDING | 14 | U.S. president who, in 1922, became the first president to have his voice transmitted on the radio (3 wds.) |
| 25% | EYES | 4 | What some teachers claim to have in the backs of their heads |
| 25% | CORNSNAKE | 9 | In the wild this US reptile has dark orange scales |
| 25% | UNIFORM | 7 | People in the military have to wear this |
| 25% | HANSOLO | 7 | He claimed to have "made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs" |
| 24% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 24% | ORRIN | 5 | First name in the senate from 1977 to earlier this month |
| 24% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | First British group since the Beatles to have two albums in the U.S. top 10 at the same time |
| 24% | COAL | 4 | U.S. production of this has gone from 1000 million tons to 756 million tons in 2014-18 |
| 24% | ANYMOMENT | 9 | "It's about to happen" ... or what each of the four other longest answers in this puzzle has? |
| 24% | ENEMY | 5 | Spain, to the U.S. in 1898 |
| 24% | NATLOVE | 7 | Nineteenth-century cowboy who claimed to have earned the nickname Deadwood Dick in a roping contest |
| 24% | PATGARRETT | 10 | US bartender and lawman reputed to have killed outlaw Billy the Kid in 1881 |
| 24% | RIPPEDABS | 9 | Many a gymgoer's goal … or what the starred clues in this puzzle must have for their answers to make sense? |
| 24% | PALMSPRINGS | 11 | California city that, in 2018, became the first U.S. city to have an all-L.G.B.T. city council |
| 24% | HANDCARTS | 9 | The saying says we're going to hell in these |
| 24% | MOTORSPEEDWAY | 13 | Indianapolis ___, the race track to have claimed the most number of lives in Formula One : 2 wds. |