| 100% | APPLE | 5 | U.S. company with more cash on hand than the U.S. Treasury |
| 43% | IBM | 3 | Company with the most U.S. patents per year since 1993 |
| 42% | CEO | 3 | Company leader paid ~351 times more than the typical worker in the U.S. |
| 42% | CANADA | 6 | Country whose border with the U.S. is more than five thousand miles long |
| 39% | AVIS | 4 | Rental car company with the slogan "Plan On Us" |
| 39% | CROATIA | 7 | Country on the Adriatic with more than 1,000 islands |
| 39% | TENS | 4 | The U.S. Treasury is on their backs |
| 39% | TEN | 3 | The U.S. Treasury is on its back |
| 38% | STYX | 4 | Band with the 1981 hit "Too Much Time on My Hands" |
| 37% | TENSPOT | 7 | One with the backing of the U.S. Treasury? |
| 37% | ASIANS | 6 | More than 25% of immigrants to the U.S. |
| 37% | ENS | 3 | Many a person on the U.S.S. Enterprise: Abbr. |
| 37% | OBAMA | 5 | U.S. president with the most southerly birthplace |
| 36% | UCLA | 4 | Sch. with the most applications in the U.S. |
| 36% | SSN | 3 | Input field on many forms in the U.S. |
| 36% | MISSISSIPPIRIVER | 16 | Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with "W" on the east and "K" on the west [Algonquin] |
| 35% | REAGAN | 6 | Only U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 35% | REAGAN | 6 | First U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 35% | NEVADA | 6 | Home to the U.S. city with the most hotel rooms |
| 35% | INC | 3 | Abbr. at the end of many a U.S. company |
| 35% | ALDI | 4 | Grocery chain with more than 1,900 U.S. stores |
| 35% | THEFRIENDSWEMADEALONG | 21 | With 126/127 Across, companions on our life's journey who were more valuable to us than our destination ... and an alternate title for this puzzle |
| 34% | IDAHO | 5 | Source of more than half of the trout sold in the U.S. |
| 34% | ALE | 3 | It's more than 4 percent alcohol by volume in the U.S. |
| 34% | SPIDERMAN | 9 | Character with much popularity on the web? |
| 34% | GRAND | 5 | With 2-Down, U.S. national park that's larger than the entirety of Rhode Island |
| 34% | BIBLE | 5 | With 4-Down, much of the Southeast U.S. is in it |
| 34% | BALDEAGLE | 9 | Bird on the reverse of many U.S. silver dollars |
| 34% | SWEAR | 5 | Say with one's hand on the Bible |
| 33% | STAR | 4 | Symbol seen on more than 30% of the world's flags |