| 100% | PTA | 3 | Org. that will celebrate its TYFTSW on Feb 16-23 |
| 40% | ILLINOIS | 8 | State that is celebrating its bicentennial in 2018 |
| 38% | MILK | 4 | Cow product that is celebrated worldwide on June 1st |
| 38% | CAT | 3 | Purring animal that is celebrated internationally on August 8th |
| 38% | HOP | 3 | Hip ___, dance genre that is celebrated on August 11th |
| 37% | TIGER | 5 | Big striped feline that is celebrated internationally on July 29th |
| 37% | PANDA | 5 | Black-and-white bear that is celebrated internationally on October 27th |
| 36% | CHESS | 5 | Game with kings and rooks that is celebrated internationally on July 20th |
| 36% | TSA | 3 | Org. that would prevent snakes on a plane (hopefully) |
| 36% | MEAN | 4 | "___ Girls," iconic 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan that is celebrated on October 3rd |
| 35% | YMCA | 4 | Org. that is often referred to by just its first letter |
| 35% | BLUES | 5 | Ma Rainey's music genre that is celebrated with an International Day on August 3rd |
| 34% | BASTILLE | 8 | Its storming is celebrated on July 14th |
| 34% | ADA | 3 | Org. that puts its seal on toothpaste tubes |
| 33% | LOON | 4 | Common ___, Minnesota's state bird that was featured on its 50 State quarter |
| 33% | BANGAGONG | 9 | T. Rex hit that was titled “Get It On” in the U.K. |
| 33% | TACO | 4 | Mexican dish served in a shell that is celebrated with a National Day in the US on October 4th |
| 32% | KEA | 3 | Mauna ___, volcanic mountain that is the tallest on Earth when measured from its underwater base |
| 32% | IRS | 3 | Org. that won't call to demand payments, despite what its impostors would have you believe |
| 32% | RUBIDIUM | 8 | Silvery white metal that will melt on a hot day, but not if it's raining |
| 32% | MOVEONUP | 8 | Curtis Mayfield hit song that was used on the "Bend It Like Beckham" soundtrack (3 wds.) |
| 32% | DREWCAREY | 9 | Host of 16-/27-Across when it was on ABC: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ESA | 3 | Intl. org. that was the first to land a probe on a comet (2014) |
| 31% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 31% | DECAL | 5 | Printed plastic paper that leaves the print on the surface it is applied |
| 31% | ITINA | 5 | Book that "What's Love Got to Do With It" was based on |
| 31% | LOVE | 4 | It is "an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken," per Shakespeare |
| 31% | EYES | 4 | Vision organs that a T-Rex would use to narrow in on its prey |
| 31% | EEL | 3 | The mythological Jinshin-Uwo is a giant one that carries Japan on its back |
| 31% | NEARAS | 6 | "As ___ dammit": so close to being dead on that it really makes no difference |