| ELMSTREET | One of more than 5,000 in the United States, per the Census Bureau |
| URBANAREA | Home to about 4 in 5 Americans, per the census |
| DEMOCRACY | This word "received bipartisan attention across red states and blue states," per M-W |
| ELM | Name of more than 5,000 U.S. streets |
| BONELESS | Fish may be enough to feed half the biblical 5,000 in worship? (8) |
| FREIGHTCAR | One of more than 1.7 million operating in the United States, along with locomotives |
| RACERIOT | One of more than 150 that occurred in the US during the summer of 1967 |
| LASVEGAS | According to the Census Bureau, it's America's fastest-growing metro area |
| INCH | One of more than 1.6 million in a marathon |
| LEGO | One of more than 245,000 in a Christmas tree at a California theme park |
| POSSLQ | Cohabitant, to the Census Bureau |
| INCOME | Item surveyed by the Census Bureau |
| GAZETTEERS | Files offered by the Census Bureau |
| POSSLQS | Certain unmarried partners, to the Census Bureau |
| LOCH | One of more than 30,000 in Scotland |
| LAKE | One of more than 14,000 in Minnesota |
| ASSIST | One of more than 3,000 for Sue Bird |
| EMMYNOD | One of more than 300 for "S.N.L." |
| ISLAND | One of more than 14,000 that make up Japan |
| KOBE | Site of a 1995 earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people |
