| 100% | GATE | 4 | Political suffix since the 70's |
| 53% | VESCO | 5 | Fugitive financier since the early 70's |
| 45% | DRFEELGOOD | 10 | British rock group since the mid-70's |
| 43% | ALIA | 4 | Jordanian queen in the 70's |
| 42% | CEE | 3 | Grade in the 70's |
| 42% | WARM | 4 | In the 70's, temperaturewise |
| 41% | WARM | 4 | In the 70's or so |
| 40% | ITT | 3 | Antitrust suit defendant of the 70's |
| 40% | AEROS | 5 | Houston hockey team of the 70's |
| 39% | RON | 3 | Guidry of the 70's-80's Yankees |
| 39% | GNOMES | 6 | Best-selling picture book of the 70's |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Top-selling pop group of the 70's |
| 39% | WEATHERBOON | 11 | Clear skies, with temperatures in the 70's? |
| 39% | ERA | 3 | 70's-80's political cause |
| 39% | YWCA | 4 | Feminine org. since the 1850's |
| 39% | ROCK | 4 | Music genre since the 50's |
| 39% | YWCA | 4 | Service org. since the 1850's |
| 39% | IMF | 3 | World org. since the 1940's |
| 39% | ALTOIDS | 7 | Popular candy since the 1780's |
| 39% | FIRESIGNTHEATRE | 15 | Comedy troupe since the 60's |
| 39% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Mogul memorial since the 1640's |
| 39% | BOP | 3 | Music since the 40's |
| 39% | LEGOS | 5 | Toys since the 1940's |
| 39% | EVOLUTION | 9 | Doctrine since the 1850's |
| 39% | HERSHEYBAR | 10 | Snack since the 1890's |
| 38% | MEGHAN | 6 | With 36-Across, political commentator who's cohosted "The View" since 2017 |
| 38% | THEADDAMSFAMILY | 15 | Hanna-Barbera production of the 70's and 90's |
| 37% | NATION | 6 | Political journal since 1865, with "The" |
| 37% | OCTAD | 5 | The planets, since Pluto's downgrade |
| 37% | OCTET | 5 | The planets, since Pluto's demotion |