| 100% | NAFTA | 5 | Pact replaced by the U.S.M.C.A. in 2020 |
| 50% | NAFTA | 5 | Commerce pact replaced by USMCA in 2020 |
| 46% | ASSAD | 5 | Leader sanctioned by the U.S. in 2011 |
| 46% | NAFTA | 5 | Pact replaced by the USMCA |
| 45% | ENL | 3 | In the U.S.M.C., e.g. |
| 45% | BEALLYOUCANBE | 13 | Slogan introduced by the U.S. Army in 1980 (5 wds.) |
| 45% | CHERAMI | 7 | Male homing pigeon used by the U.S. Army in WWI |
| 44% | UNIT | 4 | What the "U" in a computer's C.P.U. stands for |
| 44% | BORN | 4 | "___ in the U.S.A." (hit by Bruce Springsteen) |
| 43% | ASLAN | 5 | Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 43% | ASLAN | 5 | Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by C S Lewis |
| 43% | ENIWETOK | 8 | Pacific Ocean atoll taken by the US from Japan in 1944 that later became a testing ground for atomic weapons |
| 43% | SPY | 3 | ___ balloon (type of flying object shot down by the U.S. in February, 2023) |
| 43% | LION | 4 | "The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe," novel by C.S. Lewis about four siblings who discover a land trapped in eternal winter |
| 43% | ASLAN | 5 | Lion in the The Chronicles of Narnia heptalogy by C S Lewis |
| 43% | LOW | 3 | ___-rise jeans, below-the-belt denim fashion of the 2000s, rocked by Britney Spears in "I'm A Slave 4 U" |
| 42% | DAVIDALANGRIER | 14 | "A Soldier's Play" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (3 wds.) |
| 42% | NARNIA | 6 | Setting of seven fantasy novels by C S Lewis published in the 1950s |
| 42% | THELAST | 7 | & 17D 1956 novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series by C S Lewis |
| 42% | GATT | 4 | Intl. commerce pact replaced by the W.T.O. |
| 42% | ELNORTE | 7 | The U.S., in México |
| 42% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that contains a greeting in the middle |
| 41% | CENSUS | 6 | 2020 event in the U.S. |
| 41% | NITE | 4 | “See u in the a.m.!” |
| 41% | POC | 3 | Abbreviation with a variant preceded by “BI” that gained popularity in the summer of 2020 |
| 41% | KENO | 4 | Game introduced to the U.S. by Chinese immigrants in the 19th century |
| 41% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 41% | MALTESELIRA | 11 | Currency replaced by the euro in 2008 |
| 41% | LIRE | 4 | Currency replaced by the euro in Italy |