| 100% | VIRGINIA | 8 | US state where the slave rebellion in 15-/25-Across takes place |
| 45% | ALA | 3 | State where most of the events in the movie "Selma" took place: Abbr. |
| 42% | GEORGIA | 7 | State where the Masters takes place |
| 41% | UTAH | 4 | State where the Sundance Film Festival takes place |
| 41% | ALASKA | 6 | State where the Iditarod dogsled race takes place |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | State where the first presidential caucuses take place |
| 41% | KANSAS | 6 | US state where Dorothy lives in the Wizard of Oz |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | State where "Hot in Cleveland" takes place |
| 40% | OHIO | 4 | State where "Hot in Cleveland" took place |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | State where the civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery took place: Abbr. |
| 39% | ALA | 3 | State where much of the movie "Selma" takes place: Abbr. |
| 39% | FIREESCAPE | 10 | Where the "balcony scene" takes place in "West Side Story" |
| 39% | OHARE | 5 | Where the terminal dash in "Home Alone" takes place |
| 38% | ONER | 4 | Where the action in Chicago's County General Hospital took place |
| 36% | IDAHO | 5 | Where Moscow (pop. 25,435) can be found in the U.S. |
| 36% | NEWMEXICO | 9 | US state where the Carlsbad Caverns are found |
| 36% | ARIZONA | 7 | US state where the Grand Canyon is found |
| 35% | ALASKA | 6 | US State where the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled oil |
| 35% | NEWYORK | 7 | US state where the Oneida Carry route was found |
| 35% | FIRST | 5 | Where the U.N. is in Manhattan, with 27-Across |
| 34% | LUGE | 4 | World champion downhill event where the best US finishes were second places by Myler and Kennedy in 1992 |
| 34% | SWING | 5 | With 20 Across, place where your vote actually matters in the US, thanks to the Electoral College |
| 34% | NAM | 3 | Where 25-Across served in the late '60s |
| 33% | ALASKAMOUNTAIN | 14 | ___ Wilderness Classic, annual extreme adventure race that takes place in the state also known as "The Last Frontier": 2 wds. |
| 33% | FINALFOUR | 9 | Event taking place in New Orleans and Minneapolis this weekend...and what 11- and 15 Across are in need of? |
| 33% | DELAWARE | 8 | State that 16-Across represented in the US Senate |
| 33% | ALASKA | 6 | US State home to Denali mountain peak- coldest place in the US in 2003 |
| 33% | VENEZUELA | 9 | Where the battle took place |
| 33% | UTAH | 4 | State where the video game "The Last of Us" ends |
| 33% | ORE | 3 | State where "Portlandia" takes place: Abbr. |