| 100% | NEAR | 4 | ___ East; term that was applied to the maximum extent of the old Ottoman Empire |
| 39% | ESSOS | 5 | Landmass east of Westeros that is home to the Dothraki tribe in "Game of Thrones" |
| 38% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 38% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 37% | BEAGLE | 6 | Island in the Antarctic's Danger Islands that is appropriately just to north east of Darwin Island |
| 36% | GAZA | 4 | Area that was part of the Ottoman Empire after 1918, subsequently occupied by the UK, Egypt and Israel |
| 36% | WARSAW | 6 | City that is home to the Royal Castle of Poland |
| 36% | SLOVAKIA | 8 | Country that's east of the Czech Republic (the two used to be a single nation) |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Nation that was home to the Incan empire |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Country that was home to the Inca Empire |
| 35% | DODO | 4 | Bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius |
| 35% | HELLFIRE | 8 | Flames that are said to be the punishment of sinners |
| 35% | NUBIA | 5 | Egyptian region that was home to the kingdom of Kush |
| 35% | FOOD | 4 | ___ scarcity, term referring to a lack of nutritional sources that is a proposed theory for the extinction of dinosaurs |
| 35% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 34% | POPSICLE | 8 | Frozen treat that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "pop" and "icicle" |
| 34% | FRC | 3 | Govt. agcy. established in 1927 that was intended to regulate the airwaves of the day |
| 34% | KAN | 3 | State that is home to the Natl. Teachers Hall of Fame |
| 34% | SALEM | 5 | Massachusetts city that is home to the House of Seven Gables |
| 34% | HOBBIT | 6 | "The ___," book that is a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" series |
| 33% | CLE | 3 | Ohio city that is home to the Browns of the NFL, for short |
| 33% | EDEN | 4 | Site of "every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food" |
| 33% | DEVIL | 5 | Tasmanian ___, world's largest carnivorous marsupial that is native to the island of Tasmania |
| 33% | RUN | 3 | "___ the World (Girls)," 2011 song by Beyonce that was used to awaken the crew of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis |
| 33% | PIPINGHOT | 9 | Food that's been heated to the point of sizzling |
| 33% | YELP | 4 | Crowd-sourced review site that is assumed to be a portmanteau of the words "yellow pages" and "the help" |
| 33% | COLD | 4 | ___ open, term and scene that is shown before the title song of a TV show |
| 33% | TOKYO | 5 | Visit this capital city of Japan that is home to the Imperial Palace (4/4) |
| 33% | WAND | 4 | Elder ___, magical object in "Harry Potter" that was one of the Deathly Hallows |
| 33% | TOWNROAD | 8 | "Old ___," 2019 song by Lil Nas X that is one of the shortest songs to enter the Billboard charts: 2 wds. |