| 100% | EOS | 3 | On-line weekly mag. of the American Geophysical Union |
| 43% | QUITO | 5 | Headquarters of the Union of South American Nations |
| 42% | RUSSIAN | 7 | Like many of the spies on "The Americans" |
| 42% | EYEBROW | 7 | Line of hair on the lower forehead |
| 41% | IRA | 3 | ___ Glass, host of the weekly radio show "This American Life" |
| 41% | PLIMSOLL | 8 | __ line, marker on the sides of ships |
| 41% | PLIMSOLL | 8 | __ line, indicator line on the side of ships |
| 40% | ZED | 3 | End of a line on the Underground? |
| 40% | LURE | 4 | Thing on the end of a line |
| 40% | TUG | 3 | Sign of a fish on the line |
| 40% | EQUATOR | 7 | Longest line of latitude on the Earth |
| 40% | END | 3 | Football position on the line of scrimmage |
| 40% | LURES | 5 | Used on the end of fishing lines |
| 40% | FWD | 3 | Abbr. on the subject line of certain emails |
| 39% | RALPH | 5 | American designer ___ Lauren who named the full line of menswear, "Polo" |
| 39% | ELM | 3 | American ___ (type of tree lining the National Mall in Washington, DC) |
| 39% | STEIN | 5 | Writer of the lines "Pigeons on the grass alas. / Pigeons on the grass alas" |
| 39% | TRACEYULLMAN | 12 | "State of the Union" actress who plays Betty Friedan on "Mrs. America" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | HUMAN | 5 | Rarity on the other end of a help line, nowadays |
| 39% | BRIXTON | 7 | London underground station south of Stockwell on the Victoria Line |
| 39% | NEE | 3 | Word on the first line of Mirren's Wikipedia article |
| 38% | INFERNO | 7 | Source of the line "Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on" |
| 38% | JACK | 4 | Union ___, U.K. flag that is featured on the state flag of Hawaii |
| 38% | ROAM | 4 | Last word in the first line of "Home on the Range" |
| 38% | NAME | 4 | Info to fill in on the first line of many forms |
| 38% | AUSTINSTOWELL | 13 | "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" actor who plays 40-Across on 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | STAN | 4 | Name of the dad on "American Dad!" |
| 38% | DAVID | 5 | ___ Copperfield, American magician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 38% | ONO | 3 | Artist on the right of Edelson's Some Living American Women Artists |
| 38% | AXIS | 4 | Imaginary line through the middle of a planet on which it rotates |