| 100% | EFS | 3 | US Patent and Trademark Office's web-based patent submission procedure (abbr.) |
| 51% | KISS | 4 | Group that registered its makeup designs with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
| 33% | GITMO | 5 | U.S. naval base in Cuba: Abbr. |
| 32% | RTES | 4 | U.S. 1 and others: Abbr. |
| 31% | NSA | 3 | U.S. code and cipher organization: Abbr. |
| 30% | CPO | 3 | U.S. Navy rank above Petty Office First Class: Abbr. |
| 29% | TMS | 3 | McDonald's M and Unilever's U: Abbr. |
| 29% | NSA | 3 | Security and surveillance body in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 29% | GRANT | 5 | Ulysses S. ___, 18th President of the U.S.A. and the second to sport a beard in office |
| 29% | NSA | 3 | US intelligence and code-breaking org.: Abbr. |
| 29% | NSFW | 4 | Office-inappropriate web content: Abbr. |
| 29% | NATO | 4 | Post-WWII military alliance with the U.S. and U.K.: Abbr. |
| 29% | NSA | 3 | Body in charge of security and surveillance in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 29% | UAW | 3 | American labor union representing workers in the U.S. and Canada: Abbr. |
| 28% | PROTOTYPE | 9 | Patent office submission, maybe |
| 28% | TRUMAN | 6 | Harry S. ___, 33rd President of the U.S.A. and the last (so far) to sport a beard in office |
| 28% | HHS | 3 | U.S. department with the motto "Improving the health, safety and well-being of America": Abbr. |
| 27% | NSFW | 4 | Office-inappropriate, in web shorthand: Abbr. |
| 27% | AWOL | 4 | Soldier who's off the base and doesn't have a pass: Abbr. |
| 27% | RBH | 3 | US president after Ulysses S. Grant: Abbr. |
| 26% | ITAL | 4 | From the nation that gave us pizza and Parmesan: Abbr. |
| 26% | ASPCA | 5 | US welfare group for cats and dogs: Abbr. |
| 26% | DDE | 3 | U.S. president between HST and JFK (Abbr.) |
| 26% | AEC | 3 | Former U.S. government agency formed for the development of atomic science and technology: Abbr. |
| 26% | FDR | 3 | US president with the longest time in office: Abbr. |
| 26% | RNA | 3 | Molecule with the bases G, U, A, and C |
| 26% | ESL | 3 | US immigrants' class for speaking and writing skills: Abbr. |
| 26% | PTS | 3 | N, E, W and S, on a compass: Abbr. |
| 25% | AOC | 3 | American politician and activist who is a US representative for NY's 14th congressional district: Abbr. |
| 25% | LPGA | 4 | Group whose major events include the U.S. Women's Open and the Evian Championship: Abbr. |