| 100% | TENSPOT | 7 | One with the backing of the U.S. Treasury? |
| 57% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 56% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 56% | UNUM | 4 | One of the U.S. coins |
| 55% | REP | 3 | One of the U.S.'s 435 |
| 55% | STCROIX | 7 | One of the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 54% | STATE | 5 | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| 54% | HANSEN | 6 | ___ Dam Recreation Area, site in California with one of the largest swimming pools in the U.S. |
| 54% | VELAR | 5 | With the back of the tongue |
| 54% | EAGLE | 5 | It's seen on the back of a U.S. quarter |
| 54% | AFRICANAMERICAN | 15 | Like roughly one-eighth of the U.S. population |
| 54% | UNCLE | 5 | With 8-Across, personification of the U.S. government |
| 53% | TENS | 4 | The U.S. Treasury is on their backs |
| 53% | TEN | 3 | The U.S. Treasury is on its back |
| 53% | FRAMERS | 7 | Architects of the U.S. Constitution, with "the" |
| 53% | ARABIC | 6 | One of the U.N.'s official languages |
| 53% | USSR | 4 | One 29-Across of the U.S. in W.W. II |
| 52% | ENGLISH | 7 | One of the U.N.’s six official languages |
| 52% | UVULA | 5 | Dangler in the back of one's throat |
| 52% | STAR | 4 | One of 50 on the U.S. flag |
| 52% | STRIPE | 6 | One of 13 on the U.S. flag |
| 52% | SEERS | 5 | Ones with the power of divination |
| 51% | SCORED | 6 | Put one in the back of the net, say |
| 51% | REPRESS | 7 | Keep in the back of one's mind, perhaps |
| 51% | IDAHO | 5 | One of two U.S. states with a panhandle |
| 51% | ICER | 4 | One with the job of decorating cakes |
| 51% | EAST | 4 | Part of the U.S. that's usually first with election returns |
| 50% | BACKHEEL | 8 | Kick a football with the rear of one's foot |
| 50% | OILS | 4 | With fats and sweets, group at the top of the U.S.D.A.’s now retired food pyramid |
| 50% | WASHINGTON | 10 | One of the presidents of the U.S. |