| 100% | DOJ | 3 | Org. headquartered at the RFK Building in D.C. |
| 50% | FBI | 3 | Org. headquartered in the J. Edgar Hoover Building |
| 40% | DOD | 3 | Government org. headquartered in the Pentagon |
| 40% | ICC | 3 | Justice org. headquartered in The Hague |
| 40% | FBI | 3 | Intelligence agency headquartered in D.C.’s J. Edgar Hoover Building |
| 39% | FAA | 3 | Org. based in the Orville Wright Federal Building |
| 38% | COLUMBIA | 8 | The C in Washington, D.C. |
| 38% | NBCTV | 5 | It's headquartered in the G.E. Building |
| 38% | COLUMBIA | 8 | The C in Washington, D.C., previously |
| 37% | COMPTON | 7 | D C S —, England Test cricketer who hit 278 against Pakistan at Nottingham in 1954 |
| 37% | BOON | 4 | D C —, Australia Test cricketer who hit 200 against New Zealand at Perth in 1989 |
| 37% | EMBASSIES | 9 | Buildings in a Washington, D.C., "row" |
| 37% | FBI | 3 | Government agency headquartered in the J. Edgar Hoover Building: Abbr. |
| 37% | FLAGPOLE | 8 | One of many in the plaza at United Nations headquarters |
| 36% | CAPITOL | 7 | Domed building in Washington D.C. |
| 36% | FBI | 3 | Agency whose headquarters is in the J. Edgar Hoover Building: Abbr. |
| 36% | REPS | 4 | The 435 in D.C. |
| 35% | EDT | 3 | D.C. setting, in part of the year |
| 35% | CLOSE | 5 | D B —, cricketer who in 1949 became the youngest to represent England at Test level |
| 35% | COLUMBIA | 8 | What the C in Washington, D.C. stands for |
| 35% | ELLA | 4 | "___ & Duke at the Côte D'Azur" (1966 jazz album) |
| 34% | OAS | 3 | Alliance headquartered in D.C. |
| 34% | IMF | 3 | Economic org. in D.C. |
| 33% | WWE | 3 | Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023 |
| 33% | EMAIL | 5 | Document in the D.N.C. Wikileaks scandal |
| 33% | NRA | 3 | Lobby in a D.C. building? |
| 33% | GNATCATCHER | 11 | Man at home in D.C.? |
| 33% | UAW | 3 | Org. headquartered in Detroit |
| 33% | NATO | 4 | Org. headquartered in Brussels |
| 33% | THEEU | 5 | Org. headquartered in Brussels |