| 100% | ESL | 3 | Possible subj. for an immigrant to the U.S. |
| 64% | INAMERICA | 9 | Susan Sontag novel about an immigrant to the U.S. |
| 55% | ESL | 3 | Subject for some immigrants to the US: Abbr. |
| 55% | ESL | 3 | Class for many immigrants to the US: Abbr. |
| 53% | ESL | 3 | Speech course for some immigrants to the US: Abbr. |
| 53% | ASIANS | 6 | More than 25% of immigrants to the U.S. |
| 49% | ESL | 3 | Class for a recent immigrant to the US, perhaps: Abbr. |
| 48% | ESL | 3 | Subj. for U.S. immigrants |
| 47% | AVERAGEAGE | 10 | According to the U.S. Census Bureau, it's 63 for retirement |
| 47% | KENO | 4 | Game introduced to the U.S. by Chinese immigrants in the 19th century |
| 47% | ESL | 3 | Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 45% | ESL | 3 | Class for newcomers to the U.S. |
| 45% | AMMO | 4 | Some military supplies transferred by the U.S. to Ukraine, for short |
| 45% | NYC | 3 | Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short |
| 43% | MAN | 3 | Peking ___ fossils, ancient human remains that went missing during WWII while en route to the U.S. for safekeeping |
| 43% | LISP | 4 | "Whose cruel idea was it for the word '___' to have an S in it?" (Steven Wright joke) |
| 43% | SAE | 3 | Language convention followed for an audience in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 42% | MEX | 3 | U.S.A's neighbor to the south, for short |
| 42% | HAIL | 4 | "___ to the Chief" (song for the US president) |
| 42% | ESL | 3 | Subj. for U.S. citizens-to-be |
| 41% | EXENEMY | 7 | Japan, to the U.S. |
| 41% | ALLY | 4 | Israel, to the U.S. |
| 41% | ALLY | 4 | Australia, to the U.S. |
| 41% | USSR | 4 | CCCP, to the U.S. |
| 41% | RATIFIER | 8 | State, for an amendment to the Constitution, e.g. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Class for many newcomers to the US: Abbr. |
| 41% | ESL | 3 | Class for some newcomers to the US: Abbr. |
| 41% | BITTERENEMY | 11 | Japan, to the U.S., once |
| 41% | ALLY | 4 | South Korea, to the U.S. |
| 41% | TERR | 4 | Puerto Rico, to the U.S. |