| 100% | IDAHO | 5 | Source of more than half of the trout sold in the U.S. |
| 51% | IRE | 3 | Source of much U.S. immigration in the 1840s: Abbr. |
| 49% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 47% | ALE | 3 | It's more than 4 percent alcohol by volume in the U.S. |
| 47% | ASIAN | 5 | Like more than half of the earth's population |
| 47% | ASIA | 4 | Home to more than half of the world's population |
| 46% | ASIA | 4 | Continent home to more than half of the world’s population |
| 46% | EUR | 3 | Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 46% | COLLEEN | 7 | Hoover whose book “It Ends With Us” sold more than eight hundred thousand copies in the month after the August, 2024, release of its film adaptation |
| 45% | AAS | 3 | More than half of all batteries sold |
| 45% | LIAM | 4 | Most popular boys’ name of 2022, in the U.S. |
| 45% | RACERIOT | 8 | One of more than 150 that occurred in the US during the summer of 1967 |
| 44% | KNOX | 4 | Fort ___ (site of over half of the gold reserves in the US) |
| 44% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 43% | ASIANS | 6 | More than 25% of immigrants to the U.S. |
| 43% | LESBIANBAR | 10 | Type of establishment of which fewer than twenty-five remain in the U.S. |
| 43% | USA | 3 | Winner of more than half of all the World Puzzle Championships |
| 43% | WATER | 5 | What more than half of the human body is composed of |
| 42% | PAR | 3 | 4, for more than half of the holes on a standard golf course |
| 42% | UCLA | 4 | Most applied-to U.S. sch. in the fall of 2021 |
| 42% | SNAP | 4 | Largest source of food benefits in the U.S. |
| 41% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 41% | SHIP | 4 | One of the S's in U.S.S. |
| 41% | CHICAGO | 7 | Most populated city in the US state of Illinois |
| 40% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 40% | KUDZU | 5 | Plant that has become invasive in much of the Eastern U.S. |
| 40% | SWAHILI | 7 | Source of most of the names in "The Lion King" |
| 40% | BOARDWALK | 9 | Most expensive property in the US edition of 15-Across |
| 40% | RACES | 5 | "A Day at the ___," one of Queen's best selling albums which shipped gold in the US |
| 40% | LOS | 3 | First word in the name of the U.S.'s most populous county |