| 100% | HAIG | 4 | Secretary of State with "Jr." in his name |
| 56% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 53% | GEORGESCHULTZ | 13 | Secretary of State who was in office when the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 52% | TWO | 3 | Number of US states with "South" in their names |
| 52% | DANIELWEBSTER | 13 | Secretary of State in 1851 |
| 51% | MARS | 4 | Bruno ___, "Leave the Door Open" singer who shares his name with the god of war in Roman mythology |
| 49% | KERRY | 5 | John —, US Secretary of State appointed in 2003 |
| 49% | IOWA | 4 | Hawkeye State with three vowels in its name |
| 48% | ALGORE | 6 | Vice president with a "Jr." in his name |
| 48% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 48% | OHIO | 4 | State with a greeting in its name |
| 47% | HENRYKISSINGER | 14 | Secretary of State who was in office during Operation Condor |
| 47% | SNOOP | 5 | ___ Dogg, professional name of Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. who is an American rapper and had changed his alias in 2012 |
| 46% | GORDIEHOWE | 10 | Hockey Hall of Famer with a Detroit bridge named in his honor: 2 wds. |
| 46% | USS | 3 | Letters in front of many a state name |
| 46% | DEANRUSK | 8 | U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | State with four of the 100 largest cities in the US |
| 45% | HESSE | 5 | Author who shares his name with a German state |
| 45% | OHIO | 4 | Cincinnati's state with a greeting in its name |
| 45% | ALEXANDERHAIG | 13 | Secretary of State who suggested a "nuclear warning shot" in Europe would deter the Soviet Union |
| 45% | HAIG | 4 | Reagan's Secretary of State Alexander ___, who notably said "I am in control here" |
| 45% | DUNWOODY | 8 | Gwyneth —, Shadow Secretary of State for Health from 1980-83 who died in 2008 |
| 45% | TEXAS | 5 | State with three of the 10 most populous cities in the US |
| 44% | PAL | 3 | ___, the Wonder Dog", reg. name of the Pit Bull known as "Pete, the dog with the ring around his eye" in "The Little Rascals" |
| 44% | SINGAPORE | 9 | ___ Sling, cocktail that shares part of its name with a city-state in Southeast Asia |
| 44% | ORLANDO | 7 | Actor Bloom who shares his name with a city in Florida |
| 44% | NEEDY | 5 | In a constant state of want; rhymes with seedy |
| 44% | MELLOR | 6 | David —, 1979-97 Conservative MP for Putney; first Secretary of State for National Heritage in 1992 |
| 43% | QTIP | 4 | Rapper who shares his name with a brand of cotton swabs: Hyph. |
| 43% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |