100% | SST | 3 | Queen's way to the U.S.A. |
65% | ESL | 3 | Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. |
65% | VENACAVA | 8 | The way to a person's heart? |
63% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
63% | SKITOW | 6 | Way to the top of a mountain |
62% | STOMACH | 7 | The best way to a man's heart goes through it |
62% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
62% | SST | 3 | Fast way to the U.K., once |
61% | DIG | 3 | Way to get from the U.S. to China, apocryphally |
61% | TBAR | 4 | One way to the top of a mountain |
60% | DELAWARE | 8 | First Indian tribe to sign a treaty with the U.S. government |
60% | EDUC | 4 | U.S. dept. that had a Race to the Top reform prog. |
58% | DIRECTION | 9 | The way to a destination |
58% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
58% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
58% | HONDAACCORD | 11 | First car from a Japanese manufacturer to be made in the U.S. (1982) |
58% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
58% | JAMES | 5 | ___ A. Garfield, 20th President of the U.S.A. and the fourth to sport a beard in office |
58% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
58% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
57% | TWOPARTY | 8 | Like the U.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues |
57% | UFOS | 4 | In 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense established a group to examine them (abbr.) |
57% | SHUDDER | 7 | React to the cold, in a way |
57% | ITALIC | 6 | Leaning to the right, in a way |
57% | WATERS | 6 | Tends to the plants, in a way |
57% | HOED | 4 | Tended to the garden, in a way |
57% | CCS | 3 | Adds to the chain, in a way |
57% | DESADE | 6 | He wrote "The only way to a woman's heart is along the path of torment" |
56% | MANSPREADS | 10 | Crowds one's seatmates, in a way ... or a hint to the circled letters |
56% | ONASIDENOTE | 11 | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |