| 100% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school from which the first Internet transmission was sent, in 1969: Abbr. |
| 39% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school in the Pac-12: Abbr. |
| 36% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that's the most applied to in the US: Abbr. |
| 36% | ADOLF | 5 | First name from which the "Adi" in Adidas is derived |
| 35% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that received the most applications of any US school in 2017: Abbr. |
| 33% | UCLA | 4 | SoCal school where the world's first internet transmission was made |
| 32% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose main rival is USC: Abbr. |
| 32% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school with the fight song "Mighty Bruins": Abbr. |
| 31% | TIBET | 5 | Land from which the Dalai Lama is in exile |
| 31% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school whose team colors are "true blue" and gold: Abbr. |
| 31% | UCSD | 4 | West Coast school whose library is named for Audrey and Theodor Geisel: abbr. |
| 31% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that has the most NCAA titles ever: Abbr. |
| 31% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose teams are the Bruins: Abbr. |
| 30% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast college whose student newspaper is the Daily Bruin: Abbr. |
| 30% | ORE | 3 | West Coast state whose state tree is the Douglas fir: Abbr. |
| 30% | EMAIL | 5 | The first one was sent in 1971 |
| 29% | UVA | 3 | School in Charlottesville whose athletes are the Cavaliers: Abbr. |
| 29% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school that's home to the Bruins (Abbr.) |
| 29% | UCF | 3 | School in Orlando whose motto is "Reach for the Stars": Abbr. |
| 28% | UCSB | 4 | West Coast sch. that was one of the original four nodes of the Internet forerunner ARPANET |
| 28% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast university that includes the Herb Alpert School of Music: Abbr. |
| 28% | USC | 3 | West Coast school that has won the Rose Bowl 25 times (Abbr.) |
| 28% | BIZARROWORLD | 12 | Metaphorical setting in which everything is inverted from the norm |
| 28% | UCLA | 4 | West Coast school: Abbr. |
| 28% | RUGBY | 5 | ___ sevens, sport which was first contested in the 2016 Summer Olympics |
| 28% | PTA | 3 | ___ meetings are usually held in the evening after school hours : Abbr. |
| 28% | ARMORYSHOW | 10 | Event at which the work spelled out by the circled letters was first exhibited in America |
| 28% | SCOTS | 5 | Language in which the first four cardinal numbers are ane, twa, three and fower |
| 28% | LAO | 3 | Language in which the first five counting numbers are nung, song, sam, si, ha |
| 27% | FIRESAFETY | 10 | Subject in which the first words of 17-, 29- and 46-Across are sage advice |