| 100% | SATS | 4 | Tests that, in the U.S., will be administered digitally starting this year |
| 53% | NOD | 3 | Rice U's Wiess College's annual party where this year's theme was "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| 49% | EMMA | 4 | Girls' name that's been top five in the U.S. every year since 2002 |
| 45% | STATEDEBT | 9 | Something that can be collected from anywhere in the U.S.? |
| 44% | SNOW | 4 | "It's the first ___ of the year! The holiday season is upon us! Look out for fun hidden themes throughout this month in DTC!" |
| 44% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to admit women |
| 43% | GALLONS | 7 | In the US, gasoline is sold in these liquid units |
| 43% | OBERLIN | 7 | Ohio college that was the first in the U.S. to award degrees to women |
| 43% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 43% | NAOMI | 5 | Girma who was the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2023 |
| 43% | MEAD | 4 | Artificial lake created in 1935 not far from the Las Vegas Strip, that in April this year was only at about 43% capacity |
| 42% | CAMP | 4 | ___ Bestival, children's music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Lulworth Castle, Dorset |
| 42% | XENIA | 5 | Ohio city that's the largest in the U.S. that starts with its letter |
| 42% | WALES | 5 | Prince of ___ Island, Alaska's island that is the fourth-largest island in the US |
| 42% | CENTENNIAL | 10 | The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution will enjoy this celebration this year |
| 42% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | First national park in the U.S. with parts in Wyoming that was featured in the movie "2012" |
| 42% | PNC | 3 | American financial services provider, that is the fifth-largest bank in the U.S., by number of branches |
| 41% | IKEA | 4 | Company that was the first in the U.S. to air a TV ad with a gay couple (1994) |
| 41% | YOUR | 4 | "Go ___ Own Way," 1976 song by Fleetwood Mac that was their first top-ten hit in the U.S. |
| 41% | JEEP | 4 | The 2020 Gladiator is this brand's first pick-up truck in over 25 years |
| 41% | MASS | 4 | Boston is the Capital of this US State in the northeastern U.S. |
| 41% | BOX | 3 | Container (and, in a way, what you will find outlined by this year's clues related to the mega-meta) |
| 41% | SIXTEEN | 7 | Many in the US start driving at this age |
| 41% | YOUREMUTED | 10 | Comment about the silence on Zoom ... and what's spelled out by the sounds that have been removed from the starts of 10 phrases in this puzzle |
| 41% | RADIO | 5 | In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to be broadcast over this |
| 41% | PARKLIFE | 8 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held annually in Manchester |
| 41% | GLASTONBURY | 11 | Music festival in the U.K. that is held in Pilton, Somerset |
| 41% | MEAD | 4 | Lake ___, largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam |
| 41% | LEAD | 4 | Metal that has been banned from paint in the US |
| 40% | NATO | 4 | The U.S. is in it |