| 100% | DEVILDOG | 8 | U.S. marine, to a marine |
| 64% | FEW | 3 | Adjective in a U.S. Marines ad |
| 64% | AMYMCGRATH | 10 | First woman to fly an F/A-18 in combat for the U.S. Marine Corps |
| 64% | JARHEAD | 7 | Jake Gyllenhaal movie about a U.S. Marine |
| 63% | FLASHFORD | 9 | *Expose oneself to a former U.S. president? |
| 63% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a president |
| 63% | JARHEAD | 7 | 2005 Jake Gyllenhaal movie about a U.S. Marine |
| 62% | HST | 3 | First U.S. pres. to travel in a submarine |
| 62% | SSN | 3 | Unique ID allocated to a U.S. citizen: Abbr. |
| 62% | YALE | 4 | First U.S. university to award a Ph.D. |
| 62% | MOTTO | 5 | "Semper fi," to a Marine |
| 62% | OVA | 3 | "Eggs," to a marine biologist |
| 62% | SIG | 3 | S, to a frat guy |
| 61% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine |
| 61% | OBAMA | 5 | Fourth U.S. president to win a Nobel Peace Prize |
| 61% | DETROIT | 7 | First U.S. city to pave a road for cars |
| 61% | SSN | 3 | ID needed to get a U.S. passport |
| 60% | PENNY | 5 | First U.S. coin to feature a real person’s image |
| 60% | SSN | 3 | Unique set of digits assigned to a U.S. citizen: Abbr. |
| 60% | ESL | 3 | Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 60% | UNIVAC | 6 | First computer to predict a U.S. election outcome |
| 60% | AGE | 3 | 35, as a minimum to be U.S. president |
| 60% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 60% | MOTTO | 5 | "Semper fidelis," to a Marine, e.g. |
| 60% | SEMINAR | 7 | Marines off to a conference |
| 60% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 59% | ANAPOLIS | 8 | Brazilian city with a similar name to a U.S. state capital |
| 59% | EDUC | 4 | U.S. dept. that had a Race to the Top reform prog. |
| 59% | HAITI | 5 | Country to which Frederick Douglass was a U.S. ambassador |
| 59% | ELVIS | 5 | First rock star to appear on a U.S. stamp |