| 100% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | School conference that includes Harvard and Yale: 2 wds. |
| 74% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Group of schools that includes Harvard and Yale (2 wds.) |
| 55% | IVIES | 5 | Group that includes Harvard and Yale |
| 45% | NSYNC | 5 | Boy band that included Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone: 2 wds. |
| 44% | DEEPSOUTH | 9 | Region that includes Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana: 2 wds. |
| 44% | THREESTOOGES | 12 | Group that included Moe, Larry, and Curly: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BRATPACK | 8 | Group of 1980s actors that included Rob Lowe and Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PECANPIE | 8 | Southern dessert that includes nuts and corn syrup: 2 wds. |
| 43% | TEASET | 6 | Collection that includes cups and saucers (2 wds.) |
| 41% | CLIMATECHANGE | 13 | One of the primary causes Obama soldiered against, that included curbing global warming and resource consumption: 2 wds. |
| 41% | PURPLERAIN | 10 | 1984 album by Prince that included the hits "Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHESSSETS | 9 | Game shop purchases that include boards, kings, and pawns: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DROWNEDWORLD | 12 | 2001 Madonna tour that included geisha and country-and-western segments: 2 wds. |
| 40% | AFC | 3 | Conference that includes the Steelers and the Raiders: Abbr. |
| 40% | MATH | 4 | School subject that includes fractions and division |
| 40% | MATH | 4 | School subject that includes addition and multiplication |
| 40% | EASTASIA | 8 | Region that includes China, Korea, and Japan (2 wds.) |
| 40% | PTA | 3 | School organization that includes moms and dads: Abbr. |
| 40% | SCI | 3 | School subject that includes Chemistry and Physics: Abbr. |
| 39% | CAREBEARS | 9 | 1980s plush toy line that included Funshine and Love-a-Lot: 2 wds. |
| 39% | YALELAW | 7 | Postgraduate school that Bill Clinton and Sonia Sotomayor attended: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SCI | 3 | School subject that includes Biology and Chemistry, for short |
| 39% | CHESSSET | 8 | Collection that includes 32 game pieces and a 64-square game board (2 wds.) |
| 38% | IVY | 3 | Academic league that includes Yale and Penn |
| 38% | REBELDIAMONDS | 13 | 2023 greatest hits album by 42-Across that includes "Mr. Brightside" and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NSYNC | 5 | Band that included Lance Bass: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BAYAREA | 7 | Northern California region that includes Oakland and San Jose (2 wds.) |
| 37% | GENX | 4 | Demographic group that includes today's fiftysomethings: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CHA | 3 | Ice hockey conference that includes the Lady Lions, the Nittany Lions and the Tigers |
| 36% | PALOALTO | 8 | California city that includes portions of Stanford University: 2 wds. |