| 100% | ONMY | 4 | "Gentle ___ Mind" (country classic) |
| 65% | GLEN | 4 | Country singer ___ Campbell who sang "Gentle on My Mind" |
| 59% | PICKLEBARREL | 12 | Classic country store container |
| 58% | TEX | 3 | Classic country music singer Ritter |
| 56% | USSR | 4 | Country in a classic Beatles title |
| 55% | ONMY | 4 | "Gentle ___ Mind" (classic Glen Campbell song) (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SCOTLAND | 8 | Country where the band Simple Minds originated |
| 54% | LONESOME | 8 | Hank Williams country classic "I'm So ___ I Could Cry" |
| 51% | SIMPSONVERDICTNOTGUILTY | 23 | I'VE GOT COUNTRY'S MIND SPLIT |
| 51% | GOOD | 4 | "Hey, ___ Lookin'," country classic by Hank Williams that starts with a greeting |
| 50% | ONMY | 4 | "Gentle ___ Mind" |
| 50% | READ | 4 | "If You Could ___ My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot classic) |
| 50% | NELSON | 6 | Willie, country singer of Always on My Mind |
| 50% | ELPASO | 6 | "West Texas town" in a classic country song |
| 47% | PERRY | 5 | The Band ___, country music group that won a Grammy for their cover of the song "Gentle on My Mind" |
| 47% | THEWINDINTHEWILLOWS | 19 | Timeless children's classic about country dwellers' friendships [1908, 1881] |
| 46% | SHEP | 4 | "Old ___" (country music classic) |
| 43% | CAMPBELL | 8 | "Gentle on My Mind" singer |
| 42% | LAYLA | 5 | Rock classic with the lyric "Darling, won't you ease my worried mind" |
| 42% | REPUBLIC | 8 | Dominican ___, country that won the 2013 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 41% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | "Always on My Mind" country singer recognized by the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | LAYLA | 5 | 1971 rock classic with the lyric "Darling, won't you ease my worried mind" |
| 39% | SOUTH | 5 | ___ Korea, country that placed second in the 2009 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 39% | AMERICA | 7 | United States of ___, country that won the 2017 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 38% | CULT | 4 | ___ classic |
| 38% | JAPAN | 5 | Tokyo's country that won the 2006 and 2009 editions of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 38% | CUBA | 4 | Havana's country that placed second in the 2006 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 38% | HEE | 3 | "___ Haw" (classic variety show featuring country music) |
| 37% | SOFT | 4 | Gentle |
| 37% | TAME | 4 | Gentle |