| 100% | ONEGRAM | 7 | Weight of a U.S. banknote |
| 60% | DES | 3 | Start of a U.S. capital |
| 59% | TENTONNES | 9 | Weight of a lorry's load, maybe |
| 59% | ASIAN | 5 | Part of a U.S. census category |
| 59% | APO | 3 | Part of a U.S. embassy address |
| 59% | THIRTY | 6 | Minimum age of a U.S. senator |
| 59% | OPIOID | 6 | Subject of a U.S. drug epidemic |
| 59% | SAMOAN | 6 | Official language of a U.S. territory |
| 59% | RECT | 4 | Shape of a U.S. dollar bill |
| 59% | ASHE | 4 | Eponym of a U.S. Open stadium |
| 59% | RICO | 4 | Second word of a U.S. territory |
| 58% | KILO | 4 | Weight of a DEA agent's discovery, briefly |
| 58% | ETA | 3 | Part of a U.S.A.F. schedule |
| 58% | COTTON | 6 | Predominant material for a U.S. banknote |
| 57% | UFOS | 4 | Subjects of a U.S. Air Force cover-up? |
| 57% | ASCOT | 5 | Part of a U.S. military full-dress uniform |
| 57% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a U.S. city, lake, and canal |
| 57% | GOV | 3 | Ending of a U.S. state's web address (Abbr.) |
| 57% | RED | 3 | With 14-Down, part of a U.S. political map |
| 57% | STATE | 5 | Only one bears the name of a U.S. president |
| 56% | SKA | 3 | Music genre found at the end of a U.S. state |
| 56% | ROSS | 4 | Nellie Tayloe ___, first female governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming) |
| 55% | ADO | 3 | Suffix with color to form the name of a U.S. state |
| 54% | CARAT | 5 | Weight of a stone |
| 54% | STONE | 5 | Weight of a boulder |
| 54% | CARAT | 5 | Weight of a diamond |
| 54% | BUREN | 5 | Part of a U.S. president's name that's Dutch for "neighbors" |
| 54% | TENDOLLARS | 10 | Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907 |
| 54% | SQUATS | 6 | Part of a weight lifter's routine |
| 54% | EGO | 3 | Monogram of a great U.S. playwright |