| 100% | NYPD | 4 | Org. that employs Anthony Piscotti, in The Taking of Pelham 123 |
| 40% | CIA | 3 | Government org. that employs the Protagonist, in Tenet |
| 39% | CMA | 3 | Org. that awarded Taylor Swift "Entertainer of the Year" in 2009 and 2011 |
| 39% | WWE | 3 | Org. that replaced the “F” in its name because of a legal dispute |
| 37% | GAME | 4 | "___ of Thrones," TV series that will begin taking the world by storm in 2011 |
| 35% | ANS | 3 | Org. that promotes the study of onomastics and whose annual conference is in SF next January |
| 35% | CDC | 3 | Org. that was the successor to the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas |
| 34% | THREEAMIGOS | 11 | *1986 comedy that takes place in the village of Santo Poco |
| 34% | ACC | 3 | Athletic org. that fills in the blanks of "N_tional _ollegiate Athleti_ Association" |
| 34% | NAE | 3 | US org. that advised in 1971 that the Port Authority of NY and NJ not construct additional runways at JFK airport |
| 34% | MAM | 3 | The org. that created outrage in 2015 by acquiring "Eggs Benedict", a portrait of the Pope made with colorful condoms (abbr.) |
| 34% | HIJACKING | 9 | The taking over of an aircraft in flight |
| 33% | USB | 3 | Most selective higher ed. school in Venezuela which admits only the 95th percentile of those taking its admission test (abbr.) |
| 33% | TWO | 3 | Year the census of China took place that showed 57,671,400 individuals in 12,366,470 households |
| 33% | NRA | 3 | Org. that takes donations for the strapped? |
| 33% | EPA | 3 | Org. that takes the lead on lead? |
| 33% | SETI | 4 | Org. that employs Jodie Foster’s character in “Contact” |
| 33% | ACLU | 4 | Org. that might take the government to court |
| 33% | LPGA | 4 | Org. that established the Legends Tour in 2001 |
| 33% | SETI | 4 | Org. that discovered the Wow! signal in space |
| 33% | AFL | 3 | Org. that merged with the CIO in 1955 |
| 33% | NORAD | 5 | Org. that owns the WOPR supercomputer, in WarGames |
| 33% | ADS | 3 | Org. that names a "Word of the Year" |
| 33% | USS | 3 | Charitable org. that has promoted the welfare of people engaged in the maritime industry since 1942 (abbr.) |
| 33% | CMA | 3 | Nashville org. that hasn’t named a female Entertainer of the Year since Taylor Swift, in 2011 |
| 33% | INGESTION | 9 | The process of taking food in |
| 33% | THO | 3 | In spite of the fact that |
| 33% | THOUGH | 6 | In spite of the fact that |
| 33% | ALTHOUGH | 8 | In spite of the fact that |
| 33% | BATSFOR | 7 | Takes the plate in place of |