| 100% | INAIR | 5 | Where bombs are bursting, per Francis Scott Key |
| 66% | INAIR | 5 | Where Francis Scott Key saw bombs bursting |
| 50% | INAIR | 5 | Place where bombs were bursting |
| 44% | INAIR | 5 | Where Key's bombs burst |
| 37% | OER | 3 | Above, to Francis Scott Key |
| 36% | INAIR | 5 | Where there are "bombs bursting," to an anthem singer |
| 35% | INAIR | 5 | Where bombs burst, so we sing |
| 33% | FLA | 3 | Where Key West is: Abbr. |
| 32% | FLA | 3 | Where some keys are found: Abbr. |
| 32% | THEVATICAN | 10 | Where Pope Francis will preside: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ALA | 3 | Where Coretta Scott King was born, for short |
| 31% | OPERA | 5 | Where there is "too much singing," per Debussy |
| 31% | ARGENTINA | 9 | Country where Pope Francis was born |
| 30% | FLORIDA | 7 | US state where Key Largo is found |
| 30% | RACE | 4 | Competition where speed is key |
| 30% | VENTURAHIGHWAY | 14 | Where "the nights are stronger than moonshine," per America (1972) |
| 30% | UNDERTHEHOOD | 12 | Where nine key words in this puzzle can be found |
| 30% | HOME | 4 | Where the heart is, per a saying |
| 29% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Where "uncommon valor was a common virtue," per Admiral Chester Nimitz |
| 29% | AIRES | 5 | Buenos ___, capital of Argentina where Pope Francis was born |
| 28% | ALT | 3 | PC key that's where a Mac's "Command" key is |
| 28% | INAIR | 5 | Where to see "bombs bursting" |
| 27% | KEY | 3 | Francis Scott ____ |
| 26% | KEYS | 4 | Francis Scott & others |
| 26% | INACAN | 6 | Where Prince Albert could be found, per an old crank-call joke |
| 26% | ONKP | 4 | Where Beetle Bailey shouldn't be, per his 2006 re-enlistment contract |
| 25% | FEAR | 4 | "That little darkroom where negatives are developed," per Michael Pritchard |
| 25% | BULGED | 6 | Was bursting at the seams |
| 25% | KEY | 3 | Composer Francis Scott ___ |
| 25% | RECOLETA | 8 | Buenos Aires cemetery where Eva Perón is buried |