| 100% | ACELA | 5 | Speedy option from Boston to Washington |
| 62% | ACELA | 5 | Train from Boston to Washington |
| 60% | ACELA | 5 | High-speed train from Boston to Washington |
| 59% | ACELA | 5 | High-speed train from Boston to Washington, D.C. |
| 55% | ACELA | 5 | Speedy Boston-to-Washington rail option |
| 45% | EAST | 4 | Direction from Boston to Rome |
| 45% | ACELA | 5 | Boston-to-Washington option |
| 41% | WEST | 4 | From Washington to Lincoln |
| 41% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | To Washington ___, Germany, seemed far from Tarrytown, N.Y. |
| 41% | ACELA | 5 | Speedy Washington-to-Boston link |
| 39% | EAST | 4 | Direction from Washington to Idaho |
| 38% | SEN | 3 | One of two politicians elected to Washington from each state: Abbr. |
| 38% | CHOOSE | 6 | To select from a number of items or options |
| 38% | BLUELINE | 8 | Transit option to Boston's Logan Airport |
| 37% | NNE | 3 | Dir. from Providence to Boston |
| 35% | METRO | 5 | Transit option to get from the Smithsonian to the Pentagon |
| 35% | ROCK | 4 | ___, paper, scissors (game played to choose from two options, perhaps) |
| 35% | FASTFOOD | 8 | Speedy meal option, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are? |
| 35% | ACELA | 5 | It travels from D.C. to Boston in about seven hours |
| 35% | BUS | 3 | *Transport* Yellow commute option that takes children to and from school |
| 34% | COHO | 4 | Vessel that takes you from Victoria, British Columbia to Port Angeles, Washington |
| 33% | ACELA | 5 | ___ Express (Washington to Boston train) |
| 32% | SHERATON | 8 | Chain whose name came from a Boston hotel whose sign was too expensive to remove |
| 32% | ACELA | 5 | Boston-to-Washington carrier |
| 32% | ACELA | 5 | Boston-to-Washington speedster |
| 32% | DSL | 3 | Option from an ISP |
| 31% | ELECTED | 7 | Sent to Washington |
| 31% | ELECT | 5 | Send to Washington |
| 31% | ELECTS | 6 | Sends to Washington |
| 31% | SUCCESSOR | 9 | Adams, to Washington |