| 100% | MOTTO | 5 | "!ke e: /xarra //ke," for South Africa |
| 61% | LADYSMITH | 9 | Garrison town in E South Africa besieged by Boers for four months during 1899-1900 |
| 55% | JOBURG | 6 | Short name for South Africa's largest city |
| 54% | NATAL | 5 | Province of E South Africa |
| 53% | ASSE | 4 | Alternate name for South Africa's large-eared Cape Fox |
| 53% | BOODLE | 6 | Slang for money in South Africa |
| 52% | MOTHER | 6 | Nickname for Cape Town, South Africa: __ City |
| 48% | ROUGE | 5 | Female rapper from South Africa known for her track "Mi Corazon" |
| 48% | MIGRATES | 8 | Flies south for the winter, e.g. |
| 48% | BRIC | 4 | Economic acronym coined in 2001 that was later expanded to include an “S” for South Africa |
| 47% | BARLOW | 6 | E J —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 201 against Australia at Adelaide in 1964 |
| 47% | UNWIN | 5 | Stanley —, South Africa-born entertainer known for speaking gobbledegook who died in 2002 |
| 46% | COWAN | 5 | E J M —, Australia Test opener who made 136 against South Africa in Brisbane in 2012 |
| 46% | CHARLIZETHERON | 14 | Oscar winner for "Monster" who was born in South Africa in 1975: 2 wds. |
| 45% | BARLOW | 6 | E J —, South Africa Test cricketer who hit 201 against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in 1964 |
| 45% | BDS | 3 | Economic protest movement partly inspired by the anti-apartheid fight in South Africa, for short |
| 41% | LESOTHO | 7 | South Africa neighbor |
| 41% | NAMIBIA | 7 | South Africa neighbor |
| 41% | AMES | 4 | L E G —, England Test cricketer who hit 148 not out against South Africa at the Oval in 1935 |
| 41% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 40% | OOM | 3 | South Africa's _____ Paul |
| 40% | NELSON | 6 | South Africa's Mandela |
| 40% | DALASI | 6 | South Africa : rand :: Gambia : ___ |
| 40% | CAPE | 4 | South Africa's __ Town |
| 40% | MBEKI | 5 | South African president who was instrumental in bringing the FIFA World Cup to Africa for the first time |
| 39% | NATAL | 5 | South Africa's KwaZulu-___ province |
| 39% | OOM | 3 | South Africa's___Paul Kruger |
| 39% | OOM | 3 | South Africa's ___ Paul Kruger |
| 39% | OOM | 3 | South Africa's _____ Paul Kruger |
| 39% | MOUNTAIN | 8 | South Africa tourist attraction: Table __ |