| 100% | FTLB | 4 | This force, used in the US, is the equivalent of about 13.5 million ergs (abbr.) |
| 43% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 40% | AIDS | 4 | There are over 1.2 million people in the US who are living with this disease, 1 in 8 of them don't know they have it yet |
| 39% | MASS | 4 | Boston is the Capital of this US State in the northeastern U.S. |
| 39% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 39% | ETAL | 4 | The AMA uses this abbr. with no period and if there are more than six authors, but only lists three of them in any case |
| 38% | WWI | 3 | The $4.4 billion Britain owed the US in 1934, finally paid off in 2015, was incurred because of this (abbr.) |
| 38% | BRIDES | 6 | There are more of these in the U.S. in October than any other month, surprisingly |
| 38% | ETHANOL | 7 | What about 40% of the U.S. corn crop is used for |
| 37% | TICKLEMEELMO | 12 | By the end of 1996, one million of this toy was sold in a shopping frenzy |
| 37% | ALIENS | 6 | One of the eggs used in this 1986 film is now exhibited at the Smithsonian |
| 36% | HYDROGEN | 8 | In its liquid form it is the signature fuel of NASA space programs, using 10 million lbs. annually |
| 36% | ARES | 4 | The Amazons were the daughter of this god, in myth |
| 36% | RAM | 3 | "Grond" was the name of this item used to assault the Great Gate of Minas Tirith in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| 35% | NATIVEAMERICANS | 15 | About 2 million in the U.S. |
| 35% | GUTHRIE | 7 | Woody —, US folk singer, composer of the song This Land is Your Land, who died in 1967 |
| 35% | THUNDER | 7 | In Norse mythology, Thor is the god of this |
| 35% | NOV | 3 | When Thanksgiving is, in the US: Abbr. |
| 35% | HELLO | 5 | Adele song with the lyric "I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be" |
| 35% | FLAGDAY | 7 | June 14 celebration in all 50 U.S. states, which is hinted at in the names of the state trees in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 34% | LEI | 3 | The record for the world's longest one of these, at 5,336 feet, was set in Honolulu at Kapiolani Park in 2008 |
| 34% | GALLONS | 7 | In the US, gasoline is sold in these liquid units |
| 34% | BAFTA | 5 | Oscar's equivalent in the U.K.: Abbr. |
| 34% | HAWAII | 6 | Honolulu is the capital of this US state |
| 34% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 34% | AMA | 3 | Largest association of doctors in the US: Abbr. |
| 34% | PCBS | 4 | Chemicals used in the manufacture of plastics: Abbr. |
| 34% | EST | 3 | Part or all of 22 states in the US spend part of the year observing this (abbr.) |
| 34% | WINCHESTER | 10 | Lever-action repeating rifle widely used in the US during the second half of the 19th century |
| 34% | JOHN | 4 | In 1912, 24,587 new male babies in the US were given this first name |