| 100% | GUANTANAMO | 10 | — Bay, body of water in SE Cuba; site of a US naval base |
| 47% | LAKEBAIKAL | 10 | Large body of water in SE Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 |
| 47% | BAIKAL | 6 | Lake —, large body of water in SE Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 |
| 43% | YELLOWRIVER | 11 | Body of water meeting this puzzle's landmark at a spot known in English as Old Ox Bay |
| 41% | NATURALLAKE | 11 | Body of water in a volcanic crater, for one |
| 41% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |
| 40% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in W Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 40% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in western Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 40% | LEPANTO | 7 | Port in west Greece; site of a 1571 naval battle |
| 40% | LAKEONTARIO | 11 | Easternmost body of water in a Great quintet |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water similar to a bay |
| 39% | MIDWAYATOLL | 11 | Site of a 1942 U.S. naval victory |
| 39% | CORALSEA | 8 | Site of a 1942 U.S. naval victory |
| 39% | THUN | 4 | Lake —, body of water in central Switzerland formed by a widening of the Aare River |
| 39% | BAYOFPIGS | 9 | Site of a failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 |
| 39% | OXBOWLAKE | 9 | U-shaped body of water, also called a billabong |
| 39% | CURRENT | 7 | A body of water moving in a specific direction |
| 39% | WINNEBAGO | 9 | Lake —, body of water in Wisconsin, US drained by the Fox River |
| 38% | LAGOON | 6 | A body of water; Venice is located in one of these |
| 38% | LOCHNESS | 8 | Body of water searched in a 1987 project code-named Deepscan |
| 38% | SALINITY | 8 | Amount of salt dissolved in a body of water |
| 38% | MER | 3 | French body of water featured in a Debussy symphony |
| 38% | GITMO | 5 | U.S. naval base in Cuba: Abbr. |
| 38% | GREATSALT | 9 | — Lake, body of water in northern Utah, US, known as America's Dead Sea |
| 38% | BAIKAL | 6 | Lake —, large body of water in southeast Siberia; UNESCO World Heritage Site from 1996 |
| 38% | NESS | 4 | Loch —, body of water in northwest Scotland said to be inhabited by a monster |
| 38% | GITMO | 5 | U.S. naval base in Cuba, for short |
| 37% | BOAT | 4 | A dinghy or tug___, something you travel in on a body of water |
| 37% | POND | 4 | Small body of water that a frog might hang out in |
| 37% | ISLET | 5 | Bit of land in a body of water |