| 100% | HBCU | 4 | The oldest in the U.S. is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| 53% | STLOUIS | 7 | __ Cathedral is the oldest in the US |
| 52% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 50% | RUMI | 4 | 13th-century Persian mystic who is one of the best-selling poets in the U.S. |
| 50% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 49% | NAOMI | 5 | Girma who was the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2023 |
| 49% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 49% | WALES | 5 | Prince of ___ Island, Alaska's island that is the fourth-largest island in the US |
| 49% | PNC | 3 | American financial services provider, that is the fifth-largest bank in the U.S., by number of branches |
| 48% | FLAG | 4 | What Old Glory is, in the US |
| 48% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Taylor Swift song that was 20th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (Hyph.) |
| 48% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 48% | ONE | 3 | ___ dollar bill, currency that has George Washington's portrait and is the oldest design in U.S. currency history |
| 48% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 48% | YOUPROOF | 8 | Morgen Wallen song that was 10th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (2 wds.) |
| 48% | WASTEDONYOU | 11 | Morgen Wallen song that was 17th on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (3 wds.) |
| 48% | CRUELSUMMER | 11 | Taylor Swift song that was third on Spotify's 2023 list of most-streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (2 wds.) |
| 48% | HIQ | 3 | What is the oldest academic quiz competition in the U.S. (since 1948)? |
| 48% | MARINECORPS | 11 | Group whose band is the oldest professional music ensemble in the U.S. |
| 48% | MASS | 4 | Boston is the Capital of this US State in the northeastern U.S. |
| 48% | TOBIN | 5 | Heath who was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year in 2016 |
| 47% | NSYNC | 5 | Musical group whose album "No Strings Attached" was the highest-selling album of 2000 in the U.S. |
| 47% | MCKINLEY | 8 | Was president of the US in 1900 |
| 47% | SALEM | 5 | Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842) |
| 47% | MEAD | 4 | Lake ___, largest artificial lake in the U.S. that looks natural but was formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam |
| 47% | ORLEANS | 7 | New __ is called "The Birthplace of Jazz" in the US |
| 47% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |