| 100% | USCG | 4 | Org. whose academy's motto in English is "The sea yields to knowledge" |
| 39% | MDA | 3 | Org. whose telethon was the first to be viewed globally via the internet in 1998 |
| 37% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |
| 36% | GRENADA | 7 | Island country in the Caribbean Sea whose capital is St George’s |
| 36% | SCI | 3 | US org. founded in '73 whose stated mission is to "protect the freedom to hunt and to promote wildlife conservation" (abbr.) |
| 36% | FAA | 3 | Org. whose agenda is up in the air? |
| 36% | FAA | 3 | Org. whose plans are up in the air? |
| 36% | NYT | 3 | Its motto is "All the News That's Fit to Print," in brief |
| 35% | WELCOME | 7 | "___ to the Jungle," 1987 song whose riff by Slash was composed in his mom's basement |
| 35% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose official number of employees is unknown to the public |
| 35% | CIA | 3 | Org. whose HQ is home to the unsolved puzzle sculpture Kryptos |
| 35% | CIA | 3 | Org. whose covert ops are criticized in the book "Killing Hope" |
| 35% | ARAL | 4 | Sea whose Wikipedia article is in the past tense |
| 34% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 34% | USAID | 5 | Foreign relief org. whose motto is "From the American people" |
| 34% | ARAL | 4 | Sea whose Wikipedia page is written in the past tense |
| 34% | ARAL | 4 | Sea whose Wikipedia article is written in the past tense |
| 34% | ALASKA | 6 | State whose motto is "North to the Future" |
| 34% | AARP | 4 | Org. whose membership is open to anyone over the age of 18, surprisingly |
| 33% | CYPRUS | 6 | Island nation in the Mediterranean Sea whose capital is Nicosia |
| 33% | UCF | 3 | School in Orlando whose motto is "Reach for the Stars": Abbr. |
| 33% | ISTRIA | 6 | Peninsula in the N Adriatic Sea whose chief city is Pula |
| 33% | DODECANESE | 10 | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea whose capital is Rhodes |
| 33% | LEICESTER | 9 | English Midlands city that is home to the largest outdoor covered market in Europe |
| 33% | DOH | 3 | "The Simpsons" exclamation that was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 |
| 32% | WIGHT | 5 | Isle of —, island in the English Channel whose administrative centre is Newport |
| 32% | WIGHT | 5 | Isle of ---, island in the English Channel whose administrative centre is Newport |
| 32% | LOLLAND | 7 | Island of Denmark in the Baltic Sea whose largest town is Nakskov |
| 32% | LILLO | 5 | George —, English dramatist whose The London Merchant was first staged in 1731 |
| 32% | FBI | 3 | Org. whose secret war with 18-Down is documented in the book Wedge |