| 100% | OCA | 3 | Religious org. under the leadership of Metropolitan Tikhon Mollard, that has over 450 parishes in the US (abbr.) |
| 37% | OGPU | 4 | Secret police org. formed in 1923 under the leadership of Felix Dzerzhinsky (abbr.) |
| 36% | APOC | 4 | Co. formed in April 1909 under the leadership of Lord Strathcona that became BP in 1954 (abbr.) |
| 36% | USA | 3 | Country that has emitted over 400,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years: Abbr. |
| 33% | USS | 3 | Charitable org. that has promoted the welfare of people engaged in the maritime industry since 1942 (abbr.) |
| 33% | HAWKS | 5 | Atlanta ___, NBA team that has won 170 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | CELTICS | 7 | Boston ___, NBA team that has won 407 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | PISTONS | 7 | Detroit ___, NBA team that has won 189 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | KNICKS | 6 | New York ___, NBA team that has won 193 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team that has won 466 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | SPURS | 5 | San Antonio ___, NBA team that has won 222 games in the playoffs over the course of their history |
| 33% | EOM | 3 | Abbr. in the subject of an e-mail that has no body |
| 32% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 32% | ISP | 3 | Org. that provides on-line access and in the US, has to allow law agencies to monitor their transmissions |
| 32% | AER | 3 | Nonprofit financial assistance org. HQed in Arlington that helps US Army soldiers and dependents in the form of grants or loans (abbr.) |
| 32% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 31% | MWA | 3 | Fraternal org. founded in 1883, now with over 740,000 members, that was to protect families after the death of a breadwinner. (abbr.) |
| 31% | DOE | 3 | Fed. Govt. agency that came in being in 1977 under the initial leadership of James Schlesinger |
| 31% | CHINA | 5 | Country that has emitted over 230,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years |
| 30% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that received the most applications of any US school in 2017: Abbr. |
| 30% | PBS | 3 | Network that airs "Downton Abbey" in the US: Abbr. |
| 30% | NFL | 3 | Org. that has produced 15 scorigamis in the last two regular seasons |
| 30% | ACLU | 4 | Group that defends rights in the US: Abbr. |
| 30% | AMA | 3 | Largest association of doctors in the US: Abbr. |
| 30% | PATCH | 5 | Cabbage ___ Kids, line of collectible cloth dolls that took over cereal boxes in the '80s |
| 29% | RSA | 3 | US org. that researches the ancient art of persuasion (abbr.) |
| 29% | TWA | 3 | One of the former "Big Four" airlines in the US: Abbr. |
| 29% | OCT | 3 | Last full month of Daylight Saving Time in the US: Abbr. |
| 29% | OPEC | 4 | Association of nations that has a big say in oil prices: Abbr. |
| 29% | NAE | 3 | US org. that advised in 1971 that the Port Authority of NY and NJ not construct additional runways at JFK airport |