| 100% | LAWNDART | 8 | Outdoor game implement banned in the United States (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MORGANCHASE | 11 | JP ___, largest bank in the United States whose oldest predecessor institution was founded in 1799: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ZACHJOHNSON | 11 | Golfer from the United States who won the Open Championship in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 51% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Former President of the United States who received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LASTNAME | 8 | Smith is the most common one in the United States: 2 wds. |
| 50% | JAMESGARFIELD | 13 | 20th President of the United States, who was shot after being in office for only 200 days: 2 wds. |
| 49% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States who issued a proclamation declaring the first national Mother's Day in 1914: 2 wds. |
| 48% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th president of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | Seventh president of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 48% | JACKIEKENNEDY | 13 | Former First Lady of the United States who was born in July (2 wds.) |
| 47% | WESTPOINT | 9 | The United States Military Academy, by another name: 2 wds. |
| 46% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird that's a national symbol of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 46% | AMORE | 5 | "We the people of the United States, in order to form ___ perfect union ...": 2 wds. |
| 45% | HARRIETQUIMBY | 13 | First woman to earn a pilot's license in the United States and the first woman to fly across the English Channel (2 wds.) |
| 45% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | International exposition that has been hosted by the United States in 18-Across, 28-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 44% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) who wrote "Becoming": 2 wds. |
| 44% | EASTSIDE | 8 | Where the United Nations is in Manhattan: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SANTAFE | 7 | State capital in the Southwest: 2 wds. |
| 43% | WETHE | 5 | "___ People of the United States..." (First words of the U.S. Constitution): 2 wds. |
| 43% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | 40th president of the United States who owned a spaniel named Rex: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BARBARABUSH | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) who wrote "Millie's Book": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NANCYREAGAN | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1981-1989) who wrote "To Love a Child": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird on the seal of the United States: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MISSUSA | 7 | Annual beauty pageant in the States: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RYANBOATRIGHT | 13 | 34-Across point guard who scored 14 points in the championship game: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DOLLAR | 6 | Currency note in the United States |
| 41% | USO | 3 | Service organization in the United States |
| 41% | AGE | 3 | Voting ___ (18, in the United States) |
| 41% | UTQIAGVIK | 9 | Northernmost city in the United States |