| 100% | OMAN | 4 | State with about 5 million people whose main agricultural export is dates |
| 32% | OMAN | 4 | Its chief agricultural export is dates |
| 30% | ALASKA | 6 | State with about one person per square mile |
| 28% | SOCAL | 5 | Megalopolis with about 30 million people, for short |
| 27% | GRADUANDS | 9 | People about to be awarded with degrees |
| 27% | KANSAN | 6 | Person from the state whose capital is Topeka |
| 26% | OKLA | 4 | State whose name is Choctaw for "honored people" (Abbr.) |
| 26% | OKLA | 4 | State whose population is about 17% Native American: Abbr. |
| 26% | TIDE | 4 | With 5-Down, cleaning products that people are inexplicably eating |
| 25% | HEIDI | 5 | With 6-Down, supermodel whose legs are insured for $2 million |
| 25% | SAO | 3 | ___ Paulo (Brazilian city with about 12 million people) |
| 25% | HELENA | 6 | State capital whose main street is named Last Chance Gulch |
| 25% | TOLERANCE | 9 | The state of being ok with other people's beliefs |
| 25% | SAO | 3 | ___ Paulo, Brazil (city with about 12 million people) |
| 25% | REEVES | 6 | George whose main film debut was in "Gone With the Wind" |
| 24% | NORTH | 5 | With 8-Across, country whose legislature is known as the Supreme People's Assembly |
| 24% | YMCA | 4 | Village People hit whose title is often spelled out with arm movements |
| 24% | NCAA | 4 | Group whose biggest winner is Stanford, with 136 sports championships to date: Abbr. |
| 24% | SURPRISE | 8 | An event where the main person is kept in the dark about the party |
| 23% | WHATEVER | 8 | With 44-Across, 2024 Bryson Tiller hit whose lyrics are about satisfying a woman's expensive tastes |
| 23% | DANES | 5 | About 5.5 million Europeans |
| 23% | UTAH | 4 | State with millions of Mormons |
| 23% | GONER | 5 | Person whose number is up |
| 23% | IRONER | 6 | Person whose work is decreasing? |
| 23% | IRSAGENT | 8 | Person whose job is taxing |
| 23% | SEER | 4 | Person whose forte is foretelling |
| 23% | EVILDOER | 8 | Person whose actions are villainous |
| 23% | LIAR | 4 | Person whose stories are fabulous? |
| 23% | OHIO | 4 | State whose motto is "With God, all things are possible" |
| 22% | SIKHS | 5 | About 20 million people in India |