| 100% | SEALAB | 6 | '60s USN habitats (I, II and III) that investigated the challenges of deep sea diving |
| 32% | SCUBA | 5 | Method of diving that takes the diver to deeper parts of the ocean and requires special gear |
| 32% | ORNAN | 5 | ___ the Jebusite, of I and II Chronicles |
| 30% | ARAL | 4 | — Sea, lake east of the Caspian Sea that straddles Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan |
| 30% | CELEBES | 7 | — Sea, that part of the Pacific Ocean between Sulawesi, Borneo and Mindanao |
| 30% | TZARS | 5 | Bulgaria's Boris III and Simeon II of the 1940s (var.) |
| 29% | TROPIC | 6 | ___ of Capricorn (line that passes through the Mozambique Channel and the Coral Sea) |
| 29% | NUBIAN | 6 | — Desert, that part of the Sahara between the Nile and the Red Sea |
| 28% | TIMOR | 5 | — Sea, that part of the Indian Ocean west of the Arafura Sea and north of Australia |
| 28% | ILLYRIA | 7 | Ancient region on the Adriatic Sea that includes parts of present-day Montenegro, Albania and Croatia |
| 28% | SHAHS | 5 | Abbas I, II and III |
| 28% | NCAA | 4 | Group that oversees Division I, II, and III sports: Abbr. |
| 28% | NCAA | 4 | Organization that oversees Division I, II, and III sports: Abbr. |
| 28% | BARENTS | 7 | — Sea, that part of the Arctic Ocean bounded by Norway, Russia, Franz Josef Land, Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen |
| 27% | OKHOTSK | 7 | Sea of —, that part of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands and Siberian mainland |
| 27% | RMOVIES | 7 | "The Godfather" parts I, II and III, e.g. |
| 27% | HARLIN | 6 | Renny —, director of the films Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea and The Long Kiss Goodnight |
| 27% | EER | 3 | "The noblest hateful love that ___ I heard of": "Troilus and Cressida" |
| 27% | AENEID | 6 | Epic that opens "Of arms and the man I sing ..." |
| 27% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | 1984 song that opens, "Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick, / And think of you" (3 wds.) |
| 26% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds. |
| 26% | NCAA | 4 | Org. with Divisions I, II and III |
| 26% | AENEID | 6 | Work that starts "I sing of arms and the man" |
| 26% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | Sea that surrounds the island of Cuba |
| 26% | ANNA | 4 | The "I" of "The King and I" |
| 25% | COLOSSALSQUID | 13 | A massive, tentacled sea creature that is one of the largest animals on the planet and is the largest known invertebrate: 2 wds. |
| 25% | PLATH | 5 | Poet who wrote "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am" |
| 25% | NCAA | 4 | Sports org. with divisions I, II and III |
| 25% | TIDAL | 5 | Of the rising and falling of the sea |
| 25% | ADRIATIC | 8 | Sea that lies between Italy and the Balkans |