| 100% | UNIS | 4 | The U.S. is called, "Les Etats ___ d'Amerique" in French |
| 47% | NATO | 4 | The U.S. is in it |
| 46% | ORLEANS | 7 | New __ is called "The Birthplace of Jazz" in the US |
| 44% | OAS | 3 | The U.S. and Can. are in it |
| 44% | UNIS | 4 | Les États-___ (the U.S., in French) |
| 42% | ADENYEMEN | 9 | Where the U.S.S. Cole was attacked in 2000 |
| 41% | SOUTHPAW | 8 | Someone who might be called a "cuddy wifter" in the U.K. |
| 41% | MOIST | 5 | Adjective that's been called "possibly the worst word in the English dictionary" |
| 41% | PATTON | 6 | U.S. general who was a pentathlete in the 1912 Olympics |
| 40% | MOIST | 5 | Adjective that's been called "one of the most hated words in the English language" |
| 40% | SIXTIMEWINNER | 13 | Unique claim of the U.S. Open player whose name is hidden in 34-Across |
| 40% | CHECKERS | 8 | In the UK the game is called draughts, in the US _ |
| 40% | OMAHA | 5 | U.S. city that might be named when calling an audible, in football |
| 39% | HBCU | 4 | The oldest in the U.S. is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania |
| 39% | OPEC | 4 | The U.A.E. is in it |
| 39% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 39% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | 44th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | 39th President of the U.S. who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002: 2 wds. |
| 39% | WILSON | 6 | Woodrow ___, 28th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Prize winner who was born in December |
| 38% | MALL | 4 | The largest one in the U.S. is in Bloomington, Minn. |
| 38% | DAM | 3 | The tallest one in the U.S. is California's Oroville |
| 38% | LYNDONJOHNSON | 13 | U.S. president who was awarded the Silver Star in WWII by General MacArthur (2 wds.) |
| 38% | NESQUIK | 7 | What Nestlé's Quik is called outside the U.S. |
| 38% | NATO | 4 | The U.K. is in it, but Ire. is not |
| 38% | JULIACHILD | 10 | Chef who specialized in French cuisine who was commemorated on a 2014 U.S. stamp (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HEN | 3 | What a chick's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |
| 37% | DOE | 3 | What a fawn's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |
| 37% | EWE | 3 | What a lamb's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |
| 37% | SOW | 3 | What a piglet's mama is called, in the animal kingdom |