| 100% | ORDINARYINCOME | 14 | What the IRS calls salaries and bonuses |
| 46% | METRO | 5 | What the subway is called in Washington, DC and Paris |
| 43% | BOO | 3 | What Mike and Sulley call the little girl in "Monsters, Inc." |
| 41% | TAX | 3 | What the IRS collects |
| 40% | TAXSCAM | 7 | What the IRS warns the public about |
| 40% | TAX | 3 | What the IRS collects each April, usually |
| 39% | TAKEFIVE | 8 | Go on a break, or what the starts of 16-, 20-, 32-, 43-, and 57-Across can be called |
| 38% | EAU | 3 | What the French call water |
| 38% | OLDIRONSIDES | 12 | What the Constitution is called |
| 38% | LOOS | 4 | What the British call bathrooms |
| 38% | GAS | 3 | What the British call "petrol" |
| 38% | ECOSSE | 6 | What the French call Scotland |
| 38% | GAY | 3 | What the 1890s were called |
| 38% | ERMINE | 6 | What the Irish call ''weasel'' |
| 38% | BANGERS | 7 | What the Brits call sausages |
| 38% | SOCCER | 6 | What the French call ''football'' |
| 38% | CLOGS | 5 | What the Dutch call "klompen" |
| 37% | STOCKOPTIONS | 12 | Noncash corporate benefits, or what a cook would call the starts of 20-, 28-, and 43-Across? |
| 37% | BAY | 3 | What the Norse call a ''fjord'' |
| 37% | LIFT | 4 | What the British call an elevator |
| 37% | UMBRELLA | 8 | What the French call a parapluie |
| 37% | ESKIMOS | 7 | What the Inuit were once called |
| 37% | OCTOBER | 7 | What the Old English called "Winterfylleth" |
| 37% | VEST | 4 | What the British call an undershirt |
| 37% | EIRE | 4 | What the Irish call their country |
| 37% | FRYINGPANAM | 11 | What the overheated passengers called the airline? |
| 37% | HOPEFORAREMATCH | 15 | What the boxers and fans now do |
| 37% | RHOS | 4 | What the Welsh would call a "moor" |
| 37% | ESTATECAR | 9 | What the British call a station wagon |
| 37% | ELLE | 4 | What the French might call 62-Across |