| 100% | LBS | 3 | Units whose name's first letter stands for an ancient-Roman unit of measurement |
| 51% | HMART | 5 | Supermarket chain whose name's first letter stands for the Korean phrase han ah reum |
| 51% | QTIP | 4 | A Tribe Called Quest member whose name's first letter stands for his home borough |
| 41% | NSA | 3 | Government org. whose name's second letter stands for the same thing as 22-Across's second letter |
| 41% | CAIMAN | 6 | Reptile whose name is one letter off from that of an island region known for offshore banking |
| 40% | FINCH | 5 | Bird whose name becomes a unit of length if you remove its first letter |
| 40% | GEICO | 5 | Insurance company whose first letter stands for "government," though it's a private company |
| 39% | DEA | 3 | Agency whose first letter stands for Drug |
| 39% | VCHIP | 5 | Technology whose first letter stands for "violence" |
| 39% | BLT | 3 | Sandwich whose first letter stands for 11-Down |
| 39% | RNA | 3 | Genetic material whose first letter stands for "ribo" |
| 39% | SMS | 3 | Digital protocol whose first letter stands for short |
| 39% | XPLANE | 6 | Research aircraft whose first letter stands for "experimental" |
| 39% | UBOAT | 5 | Naval craft whose first letter stands for untersee |
| 39% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 39% | TON | 3 | Unit of measurement for an elephant |
| 39% | RNA | 3 | Genetic material whose first letter stands for "ribo" (Abbr.) |
| 39% | LUSITANIA | 9 | Ship named for an ancient Roman province in Iberia |
| 39% | DEGREE | 6 | Unit of measurement used for an angle |
| 38% | GENE | 4 | Unit of heredity that's the first name for actors Hackman and Wilder |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band with the song "Chiquitita" whose name is an acronym of the first letters of the members' first names |
| 37% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 37% | ORALB | 5 | Brand name whose last letter stands for "brush" |
| 37% | NASDAQ | 6 | Exchange name whose last letter stands for Quotations |
| 37% | CARAT | 5 | Unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy |
| 37% | PCOS | 4 | Common condition whose first two letters stand for "polycystic" |
| 37% | BEL | 3 | Unit of sound named for an inventor |
| 36% | JOULE | 5 | Unit of energy named for an English physicist |
| 36% | SEAANIMAL | 9 | Category whose name becomes that of an example of the category when you combine the first word and the last letter of the second word |
| 35% | AGRICOLA | 8 | First-century governor of Britain, whose name was Latin for "farmer" |