| 100% | DOE | 3 | US major funding agency, in addition to the NIH, responsible for getting the Human Genome Project rolling |
| 44% | NIH | 3 | U.S. agcy. that provided major funding for the Human Genome Project |
| 42% | NIH | 3 | US agency that backed the Human Genome Project, completed in 2003 |
| 34% | FDA | 3 | Agency responsible for public health in the US: Abbr. |
| 34% | FDA | 3 | Agency responsible for public health in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 31% | DNABANK | 7 | Valuable resource for the Human Genome Project |
| 31% | DNA | 3 | Material studied in the Human Genome Project: Abbr. |
| 31% | DNA | 3 | Genetic molecule studied in the Human Genome Project: Abbr. |
| 29% | NASA | 4 | Agency responsible for the US moon landings: Abbr. |
| 28% | NRA | 3 | Agency in the US to eliminate "cut-throat competition" (abbr) |
| 27% | FCC | 3 | Regulatory board responsible for censorship in the U.S.A: Abbr. |
| 27% | CIA | 3 | Initialism for the federal US bureau created in 1947 to conduct espionage activities |
| 26% | CANDY | 5 | (3/7) "Before we head to the rides, let's get some cotton ___ for a sugar rush!" |
| 26% | NIH | 3 | Org. behind the Human Genome Project |
| 26% | DNA | 3 | Focus of the Human Genome Project |
| 26% | DNA | 3 | Subject of the Human Genome Project |
| 26% | NIH | 3 | Org. that led the Human Genome Project |
| 26% | DNASAVAGE | 9 | Brute working on the Human Genome Project? |
| 26% | ENCL | 4 | Something in addition to the letter: Abbr. |
| 25% | RIPE | 4 | Project funded in part by the Gates Foundation that aims to boost agricultural production to help reduce global hunger |
| 25% | MAN | 3 | Peking ___ fossils, ancient human remains that went missing during WWII while en route to the U.S. for safekeeping |
| 25% | OSC | 3 | Henry Kerner was confirmed by the US Senate in 2017 to be the executive of this agency (abbr.) |
| 25% | YORK | 4 | New ___ City, U.S., home to the UN headquarters that is responsible for maintaining international peace and security |
| 25% | STIRRUP | 7 | Item which some scholars argue was directly responsible for the shift from infantry to cavalry in medieval armies |
| 25% | PRIMETIME | 9 | 8 to 11 p.m., for TV programming in the eastern and western US: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ROMANTELESCOPE | 14 | NASA project set to launch in 2027, named for the former chief of astronomy |
| 25% | INTERNET | 8 | Thing you're using now that has its roots in the US Advanced Research Projects Agency in the 1960s |
| 25% | YCHROMOSOME | 11 | Sex determinant in the human genome |
| 24% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument in the intro to the Carpenters' "For All We Know" |
| 24% | HAIL | 4 | "___ to the Chief" (song for the US president) |