| 100% | BIDEN | 5 | Senator at 30 (1973) |
| 67% | AGE | 3 | At least 30, for a US senator |
| 51% | SKI | 3 | Partake at 30-Down |
| 51% | ASEA | 4 | At 30° W 30° N, e.g. |
| 50% | SNL | 3 | Show performed at 30 Rock |
| 50% | SNL | 3 | Show shot at 30 Rock |
| 50% | SNL | 3 | Show filmed at 30 Rock |
| 49% | TRENTLATKE | 10 | Pancake-eating senator at a deli? |
| 49% | NBC | 3 | Company headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza |
| 49% | SNL | 3 | NBC series shot at 30 Rock |
| 49% | SNL | 3 | TV show filmed at 30 Rock |
| 48% | NBCTV | 5 | Its headquarters are at 30 Rockefeller Plaza |
| 48% | SNL | 3 | Comedy show produced at 30 Rock, briefly |
| 47% | HALF | 4 | 30 minutes at Lambeau Field |
| 46% | RCA | 3 | Company once headquartered at 30 Rock in NYC |
| 46% | ARLEN | 5 | 30-year senator Specter of Pennsylvania |
| 46% | BIDEN | 5 | Delaware senator since 1973 |
| 45% | EMUS | 4 | Birds that can sprint at 30 m.p.h. |
| 45% | EMU | 3 | Aussie flightless bird that can sprint at 30 mph |
| 45% | AGE | 3 | 30 or older, for a US senator |
| 45% | AGE | 3 | 30, minimally, for a U.S. senator |
| 45% | PAPERCHASE | 10 | 1973 movie set at Harvard, with "The" |
| 43% | LATKE | 5 | Pancake served at a 30-Down |
| 42% | DOMENICI | 8 | U.S. senator from 1973 to 2009 |
| 42% | OCANADA | 7 | Song that Senators hear while at work |
| 42% | ARLENSPECTER | 12 | Pennsylvania senator for 30 years |
| 41% | THELOVEILOST | 12 | 1973 hit single by 44-Across and 30-Across with the lyrics "Take a good look at me / I'm in misery, can't you see?" (4 wds.) |
| 41% | WOLF | 4 | Animal heard at the end of 30-Across |
| 37% | TOOLBAR | 7 | Row of 30-Acrosses at the top of a computer program |
| 36% | CHUCKNORRIS | 11 | Celebrity hinted at by the ends of 30-, 32- and 36-Across |