| 100% | DADE | 4 | Second half of the U.S.'s only hyphenated county name |
| 53% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |
| 51% | STATE | 5 | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| 49% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that’s not in the name of a U.S. state |
| 49% | EAST | 4 | Only cardinal direction that does not appear in the name of a U.S. state |
| 49% | BOONE | 5 | Name of eight counties in the central and eastern U.S. |
| 47% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 47% | STTHOMAS | 8 | Second-largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 46% | OAHU | 4 | Site of the U.S.'s only royal palace |
| 45% | DEL | 3 | Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated |
| 45% | ANGELENO | 8 | Resident of the U.S.'s second-largest city |
| 44% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 44% | ISNOTMORALITY | 13 | Second half of the quote |
| 44% | JENNA | 5 | Half, along with Barbara, of the only set of twins of any US president |
| 43% | AFTERNOON | 9 | The second half of the day |
| 43% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the U.S.'s largest cities whose names start with X and Z |
| 43% | ADAMS | 5 | John ___, second President of the United States after whom a town in Jefferson County, New York is named |
| 43% | SAY | 3 | Second word of the US national anthem |
| 42% | SOCIALIST | 9 | The second "S" of U.S.S.R. |
| 42% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 42% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | The calm before the second half of the storm |
| 42% | KELSO | 5 | Only five-time U.S. Horse of the Year |
| 42% | JOHNADAMS | 9 | Founding Father, second President of the US |
| 42% | TYSONGAY | 8 | Holder of the U.S. record in the hundred-metre sprint (9.69 seconds) |
| 42% | ABE | 3 | "Old ___", name of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division's screaming eagle |
| 41% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular boys’ name of 2022, in the U.S. |
| 41% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 41% | ARTHUR | 6 | The second of Prince William's four names |
| 41% | CHARLES | 7 | The second of Prince Harry's four names |