| 100% | SAY | 3 | Second word of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 79% | DAWNS | 5 | Eighth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 79% | SEE | 3 | Fifth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 79% | BRAVE | 5 | Last word of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 79% | OSAY | 4 | Starting words of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 69% | OER | 3 | Elided word in "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 67% | UNTO | 4 | Second word of the Golden Rule |
| 66% | SAY | 3 | Second word of the US national anthem |
| 65% | GOT | 3 | Second word of the title (see 29-Across) |
| 64% | HILLS | 5 | Second word of the song "The Sound of Music" |
| 63% | OHARA | 5 | Second word of ''Gone With the Wind'' |
| 62% | ONCE | 4 | Second word of Smash Mouth's "All Star" |
| 61% | UNTO | 4 | Second word of some versions of the Golden Rule |
| 61% | OSAY | 4 | Start of "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 60% | NORMA | 5 | Second word of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" |
| 60% | OER | 3 | Start of the last line in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 59% | ALAI | 4 | Second word of a game name that rhymes with the first |
| 59% | SAN | 3 | First word of the second-largest city in California |
| 59% | UPON | 4 | Second word of "The Raven" |
| 59% | UPON | 4 | Second word of "The Raven." |
| 58% | BRAVE | 5 | Final word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 58% | BRAVE | 5 | Last word in "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
| 58% | BRAVE | 5 | "The Star-Spangled Banner" word often drowned out by applause |
| 58% | ADO | 3 | Second word in the title of a Shakespeare comedy |
| 58% | SOX | 3 | Second word in the names of two MLB teams |
| 57% | RISE | 4 | Prepare for "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 57% | FLAG | 4 | The Star-Spangled Banner, e.g. |
| 56% | OER | 3 | Word that saves a syllable in "The Star Spangled Banner" |
| 56% | PERILOUS | 8 | Type of fight cited in the Star-Spangled Banner |
| 54% | ASTRA | 5 | Second word in Kansas' Latin motto ("To the stars through difficulties" in English) |