| 100% | DEANRUSK | 8 | U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office |
| 50% | POWELL | 6 | U.S. secretary of state raised in the Bronx |
| 43% | FDR | 3 | US president with the longest time in office: Abbr. |
| 42% | GEORGESCHULTZ | 13 | Secretary of State who was in office when the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed with Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 39% | HENRYKISSINGER | 14 | Secretary of State who was in office during Operation Condor |
| 38% | RONSTADT | 8 | Linda whose "Long, Long Time" is featured in the Last of Us episode of the same name |
| 37% | DAYTIMEMEAWARDS | 15 | Prizes won by Acadia National Park for the first sight of sunrise in the U.S.? |
| 37% | THEMONROEDOCTRINE | 17 | John Quincy Adams, as U.S. secretary of state, was the man who actually drafted … |
| 37% | RAAB | 4 | Dominic —, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July, 2018 |
| 37% | TRENTON | 7 | Capital of the U.S. for 54 days in 1784 |
| 37% | HOS | 3 | Abbreviation for the office of head of state |
| 37% | MST | 3 | Winter time in the Centennial State, for short |
| 37% | TAN | 3 | Farmer's ___ (result of wearing a short-sleeved shirt in the sun for a long time) |
| 36% | LAKETAHOE | 9 | Landmark that's the second-deepest of its kind in the U.S. |
| 36% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 36% | DUNWOODY | 8 | Gwyneth —, Shadow Secretary of State for Health from 1980-83 who died in 2008 |
| 36% | LAHR | 4 | Co-star in the U.S. premiere of "Waiting for Godot," 1956 |
| 36% | REXTILLERSON | 12 | The current US Secretary of State: 2 wds. |
| 36% | TENTH | 5 | Like the secretary of commerce, in the U.S. presidential line of succession |
| 35% | CHARLEYHULL | 11 | English golfer who tied 30-Across for second place in the 2023 U.S. Women's Open golf tournament (2 wds.) |
| 35% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four U.S. state capitals |
| 35% | EST | 3 | The time zone of eastern states of the US |
| 35% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 35% | TULSA | 5 | City in the US state of Oklahoma |
| 35% | JAMESMADISON | 12 | US Secretary of State (and fourth president) who oversaw the Louisiana Purchase: 2 wds. |
| 35% | TYSONGAY | 8 | Holder of the U.S. record in the hundred-metre sprint (9.69 seconds) |
| 35% | KANSAS | 6 | US state where Dorothy lives in the Wizard of Oz |
| 35% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 35% | TEST | 4 | Stand the ___ of time (remain popular for long) |
| 35% | COUNTY | 6 | Largest division of a state in the US |