| 100% | TOA | 3 | ____ River, located in Cuba, flowing across the country and is 131 kilometers long |
| 34% | BOTSWANA | 8 | Country where the Notwane River is located |
| 34% | CANADA | 6 | Country in which the Yukon is located |
| 34% | AUSTRALIA | 9 | Country whose longest river is the Murray |
| 33% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | The sea where Cuba and Puerto Rico are located |
| 33% | PERU | 4 | Country located in what was once the Inca Empire |
| 33% | SEVERN | 6 | The two longest rivers in the UK: Thames and __ |
| 33% | ITALY | 5 | European country whose longest river is the Po |
| 33% | GERMANY | 7 | Country in which the automobile, aspirin and the accordion were invented |
| 32% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across SE Poland to the Vistula |
| 32% | SAN | 3 | River rising in Ukraine that flows across southeast Poland to the Vistula |
| 32% | SAL | 3 | 482 mi. long river that flows into the Don and rises near the city of Elista in Kalmykia, Russia |
| 31% | INDUS | 5 | River rising in SW Tibet that flows southwest across Pakistan to the Arabian Sea |
| 31% | ORD | 3 | River in Western Australia that flows north to Cambridge Gulf and the Timor Sea |
| 31% | NILE | 4 | One of the longest rivers in the world that flows through Egypt |
| 31% | BENTOUTOFSHAPE | 14 | Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? |
| 31% | INDUS | 5 | River rising in SW Tibet that flows south-west across Pakistan to the Arabian Sea |
| 31% | BESIDES | 7 | Also ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | CANDY | 5 | Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
| 31% | CAM | 3 | River that flows through and is hidden in "Cambridge" |
| 31% | ZION | 4 | National park located in southwestern Utah that was featured in the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
| 31% | TRINIDAD | 8 | __ and Tobago are located in the Lesser Antilles |
| 31% | ELS | 3 | 24 mile long river and tributary of the Streu in the Rhon Mountains, Bavaria |
| 31% | LOSSLEADERS | 11 | Retail come-ons ... and what the starts of the longest Across answers can be? |
| 31% | HOTSTUFF | 8 | 1979 #1 hit for Donna Summer, and what the four longest Across answers are |
| 31% | STALEMATERIAL | 13 | Dated jokes ... and what the ends of four Across answers are, in a way |
| 30% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 30% | COLUMBIA | 8 | ___ University, located in Upper Manhattan, which is a member of the Ivy league and has a crown in their logo |
| 30% | NIGER | 5 | River in West Africa that starts in the Guinea Highlands and shares its name with an African country |
| 30% | PERU | 4 | Most distant source of the Amazon is located on the Cordillera Rumi Cruz in this country |