| 100% | LBJ | 3 | U of T library letters |
| 46% | NIH | 3 | U.S. Library of Medicine maintainer |
| 43% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between U and W |
| 43% | ZEE | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in the U.S. |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of US state names containing the letter Z |
| 43% | ONE | 3 | Number of US states that contain the letter Z |
| 41% | LBJ | 3 | U.T.'s ___ Library |
| 41% | WACO | 4 | U.S. radio station whose call letters spell the name of its city |
| 41% | POLITICSASUSUAL | 15 | Apt phrase that uses just the letters of U.S. CAPITOL |
| 41% | LOUISIANA | 9 | Third of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 41% | WISCONSIN | 9 | Second of four US states that are 8-Down letters long |
| 41% | DELTA | 5 | Greek letter that's also the name of a US airline |
| 40% | DEWEY | 5 | Melvil —, US inventor of a system for the classification of library books |
| 40% | TENN | 4 | Fourth of four US states that are 8-Down letters long: Abbr. |
| 40% | MINN | 4 | First of four US states that are 8-Down letters long: Abbr. |
| 39% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 38% | BOISE | 5 | With 3-Down, U.S. capital + state with the fewest number of combined letters |
| 38% | INSIDEVOICE | 11 | What you may use at a library, and what each row of circled letters reveals |
| 38% | THEPAWOFHISDECEASEDCAT | 22 | The handle of Charles Dickens's ivory letter opener, in the Library's collection, is ___ |
| 38% | SPIELBERG | 9 | Steven __, US director of E.T. |
| 37% | TERP | 4 | U of Maryland athlete |
| 37% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 37% | BOOKENDS | 8 | Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters |
| 37% | WALLER | 6 | Fats __, US songwriter of Ain't Misbehavin' |
| 37% | CURSIVE | 7 | Of writing with joined letters |
| 37% | THANT | 5 | U of the U.N. |
| 36% | RAM | 3 | U of R football player |
| 36% | CONSONANT | 9 | Letter that isn't A, E, I, O, or U |
| 36% | VEE | 3 | Sound of the letter between "U" and "W" |
| 36% | ESS | 3 | Sound of the letter between "R" and "T" |