| 100% | DELAWARE | 8 | U.S. state where getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment |
| 36% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | State where 15-Across was raised on a reservation and went to schools for American Indians |
| 32% | UTE | 3 | People for whom a U.S. state is named |
| 32% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which a U.S. state was named |
| 32% | ALASKA | 6 | Only U.S. state whose name can be typed on one row of a keyboard |
| 31% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S. state where one can be legally married by agreeing to it, living together, and telling others you are married |
| 31% | STERN | 5 | Radio star Howard who was a judge on "America's Got Talent" for four seasons |
| 31% | ALA | 3 | State where the town of Spectre was built for Tim Burton's movie "Big Fish" and is now a ghost town (abbr.) |
| 31% | MONTANA | 7 | U.S. state that legally allows a double-proxy marriage, where neither the bride nor the groom is present at the wedding |
| 30% | STERN | 5 | Radio star Howard who was a guest judge on "America's Got Talent" for four seasons |
| 30% | NOAHWEBSTER | 11 | Lexicographer on a 1958 U.S. commemorative postage stamp who was a special agent for the U.S. Post Office (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TEXAS | 5 | State that was an independent country for a decade beginning in 1836 |
| 29% | FABER | 5 | U.K. publishing house where T. S. Eliot was once a director |
| 29% | OHIO | 4 | State where seven U.S. presidents were born |
| 29% | OHIO | 4 | State where five U.S. presidents are buried |
| 29% | HAWAII | 6 | U.S. state that is a volcanic archipelago |
| 29% | OKLA | 4 | U.S. state with a panhandle, for short |
| 29% | UTAH | 4 | U.S. state where the 2002 Olympics were held |
| 29% | IDAHO | 5 | U.S state which is famous for its potatoes |
| 29% | OREGON | 6 | State where almost all of U.S. hazelnuts are grown |
| 28% | SNL | 3 | Where an artist works on a sketch, for short? |
| 28% | ERROR | 5 | Hitting reply all on an email intended for one person can be a fatal ___ |
| 28% | UTAH | 4 | Western U.S. state where "Big Love" was set |
| 27% | EXIT | 4 | The highest-numbered one on a U.S. interstate is 880 |
| 27% | RICHTER | 7 | Charles —, US seismologist after whom a scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake is named |
| 27% | MACGUFFIN | 9 | Term for an item that is essential to a film's plot |
| 27% | 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 |
| 27% | OHIO | 4 | U.S. state that is home to a year-round Christmas-themed attraction, Castle Noel |
| 27% | ESTIMATED | 9 | A due date is an __ date for a baby's birth |
| 27% | THRU | 4 | Where Dolly Parton was Travelin' when she got an 2005 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in the movie "Transamerica" |