| 100% | TRAVEL | 6 | *"This year I will ___ (visit the world) more!" |
| 57% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 57% | TOKED | 5 | Something I am certain that many people did in Illinois on January 1 this year |
| 55% | TYRANT | 6 | "The only ___ I accept in this world is the still small voice within me": Gandhi |
| 51% | FRANCIS | 7 | Pope who declared "I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition" |
| 51% | NOISE | 5 | Despite being inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, Radiohead still produces this, to many people |
| 50% | EIGHTY | 6 | Around the World in this many Days |
| 50% | DOJACAT | 7 | Singer whose 2021 hit single "Kiss Me More" is nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LOUVRE | 6 | Paris landmark which is the world's largest art museum and also the most visited one |
| 49% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 48% | STUART | 6 | James I was the first king of this royal dynasty |
| 48% | EVIL | 4 | "Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot |
| 48% | OVERSTATEMENT | 13 | What "Home of the world's best pizza!" most likely is |
| 47% | PURPLE | 6 | The most popular carrots used to be this color |
| 47% | BADGER | 6 | The honey __ is the most vicious of these mammals |
| 47% | ASIA | 4 | Much of the Silk Road is in this continent |
| 47% | YOUWONTREGRETIT | 15 | "Trust me, this is the right call" |
| 47% | JACK | 4 | I am screen's most-loved pirate and the captain of the Black Pearl |
| 47% | ASALL | 5 | “___ the world is cheered by the sun, so I by that”: “Richard III” |
| 47% | GREATWAR | 8 | World War I was also known as the __ |
| 46% | ASPEN | 5 | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| 46% | RACHEL | 6 | I am Phoebe's friend from "Friends" and I gave the world an iconic hairstyle |
| 46% | ROOSTER | 7 | The next year belonging to this animal is not until 2029 |
| 46% | MILE | 4 | The current world record for this distance is 3:43.13 |
| 46% | MOLTEN | 6 | Much of the rock around the Earth's core is this |
| 46% | JANE | 4 | I am considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees and was named a UN Messenger of Peace in 2002 |
| 46% | LIZARD | 6 | Godzilla is the most famous type of this reptile |
| 46% | DATA | 4 | "The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but ___": The Economist |
| 45% | SADAT | 5 | World leader who was Time magazine's 1977 Man of the Year |
| 45% | CAPTIVITY | 9 | There are more tigers in this than in the wild |