| 100% | RUC | 3 | Police force that operated in Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" of the sixties (abbr.) |
| 40% | COLERAINE | 9 | Town in Northern Ireland near the mouth of the River Bann |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | An alliance between American and European forces, that played a big part in the occupation of Afghanistan: Abbr |
| 37% | RACERIOT | 8 | One of more than 150 that occurred in the US during the summer of 1967 |
| 34% | VALLEY | 6 | Silicon ___, tech hub in Northern California that houses some of the world's largest tech companies and startups |
| 34% | IRA | 3 | Militant group that was involved in "the Troubles" in the UK: Abbr. |
| 34% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 33% | QBS | 3 | Signal callers in football and positions that you may play at during your day of football: Abbr. |
| 33% | MTV | 3 | Music channel launched in 1981 that popularized the concept of "video jockey": Abbr. |
| 33% | ALA | 3 | Southern state that's first alphabetically in a list of the 50 states: Abbr. |
| 33% | MAN | 3 | Isle of —, island in the Irish Sea between Cumbria and Northern Ireland |
| 33% | CARLOW | 6 | County in Leinster, Republic of Ireland that includes the town of Tullow |
| 33% | CMA | 3 | Group that named Keith Urban Entertainer of the Year in 2018: Abbr. |
| 33% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 33% | DERRY | 5 | "___ Girls," show starring Nicola Coughlan that follows a group of friends and is set in Northern Ireland |
| 32% | CID | 3 | Branch of the British Police force first set up in Nottingham in 1854 |
| 32% | FITT | 4 | Gerry —, co-founder and first leader of the SDLP in Northern Ireland in 1970 |
| 32% | FITT | 4 | Gerry —, co-founder and first leader in 1970 of the SDLP in Northern Ireland |
| 32% | SITH | 4 | Group that uses the dark side of the Force, in the "Star Wars" movies |
| 32% | MIDDLE | 6 | ___ Sunday, traditional day of rest during the Wimbledon tournament that was stopped in 2022 |
| 32% | MOSUL | 5 | City in northern Iraq on the banks of the Tigris |
| 31% | CNN | 3 | One of the most famous news networks in the world that broadcasts "Anderson Cooper 360": Abbr |
| 31% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 31% | IANPAISLEY | 10 | Northern Ireland religious and political leader who died in 2014; co-founder of the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster |
| 31% | MOSS | 4 | Plant that grows on the north side of trees in the northern hemisphere |
| 31% | CALAIS | 6 | Port in northern France overlooking the Strait of Dover |
| 31% | BELO | 4 | ___ Horizonte, one of the five cities in Brazil that hosted the football matches during the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 30% | VHS | 3 | VCR format that was a popular mode of watching 19a in the 1980s and 1990s: Abbr. |
| 30% | OLE | 3 | Cheer heard during the running of the bulls in Pamplona |
| 30% | GAD | 3 | West Virginia community that disappeared under the waters of Summersville Lake when a river was dammed in the sixties |