| 100% | ARAL | 4 | ___ Sea, shrinking body of water that was once the world's third-largest lake |
| 54% | ARAL | 4 | With 45-Across, what was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water |
| 53% | ARAL | 4 | Area that was once the world's fourth largest lake and is now partly the Aralkum Desert |
| 53% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water that's home to the world's largest marine reserve |
| 48% | ARAL | 4 | Name of what was once the world's second-largest saltwater lake |
| 45% | ARAL | 4 | “Sea” that was once the fourth-largest lake in the world |
| 45% | ARALSEA | 7 | It was once the world's fourth-largest lake |
| 44% | CASPIAN | 7 | — Sea, largest inland body of water in the world |
| 43% | AKRON | 5 | Ohio city that was once the Rubber Capital of the World |
| 42% | CASPIAN | 7 | World's largest inland body of water: __ Sea |
| 42% | TAIPEI | 6 | ___ 101, 508-meter skyscraper that was once the world's tallest |
| 41% | IRISH | 5 | — Sea, body of water that houses the Isle of Man |
| 41% | ARAL | 4 | ___ Sea (body of water that used to be roughly the size of West Virginia) |
| 41% | POND | 4 | Body of water that's smaller than a lake |
| 40% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that's parted in the Bible: 2 wds. |
| 40% | DEADSEA | 7 | Body of water that's nearly 10 times saltier than the ocean |
| 39% | LINER | 5 | The Icon of the Seas is the world's largest |
| 39% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that was parted by Moses : 2 wds. |
| 39% | SEA | 3 | Large body of water that's smaller than an ocean |
| 39% | IKEA | 4 | Store chain that is the largest individual user of wood in the world |
| 38% | BANDASEA | 8 | Body of water that surrounds the Maluku Islands |
| 38% | PUGETSOUND | 10 | Body of water that 68-Across is on |
| 38% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that was parted by Moses, according to Exodus: 2 wds. |
| 38% | AANDP | 5 | Discontinued grocery chain that was once the U.S.'s largest retailer |
| 37% | BLACKSEA | 8 | Body of water that the Danube river empties into |
| 37% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that can be red or dead |
| 37% | ONEGA | 5 | Lake —, body of water in NW Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea |
| 37% | ONEGA | 5 | Lake —, body of water in northwest Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea |
| 37% | LAKE | 4 | Body of water that a summer cottage might be near |
| 37% | CONISTON | 8 | Third-largest Lake District body of water |