| 100% | SPICE | 5 | — Islands, former name of the Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 83% | SPICEISLANDS | 12 | Former name of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 65% | AGANA | 5 | Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam |
| 61% | SANDWICH | 8 | __ Islands, the former name of Hawaii |
| 60% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Congo |
| 60% | NEGATRON | 8 | Former name of the electron |
| 59% | AVEO | 4 | Former name of the Chevrolet Sonic |
| 59% | KIROV | 5 | Former name of the Mariinsky Ballet |
| 59% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the nation Myanmar |
| 59% | MHO | 3 | Former name of the physics unit siemens |
| 59% | NEHI | 4 | Former name of the Royal Crown Company |
| 59% | ELDERHOSTEL | 11 | Former name of the Road Scholar program * |
| 58% | AMBON | 5 | Island of the Moluccas, Indonesia, on which occurred a 1942 World War II battle between Allied and Japanese forces |
| 58% | HEIMLICH | 8 | Former name of the abdominal thrust for choking |
| 58% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the country now called Myanmar |
| 58% | SONICS | 6 | Former name of the NBA's Thunder, informally |
| 57% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 57% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 57% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 56% | COCKBURN | 8 | Former name of Fangataufa atoll, __ Island |
| 56% | ELLICE | 6 | Former name of Tuvalu island in Polynesia |
| 56% | EDO | 3 | Former name of Tokyo, the Japanese capital |
| 55% | GMAC | 4 | Former name of the car-financing company Ally Financial Inc., for short |
| 55% | RAPANUI | 7 | Name of the natives of the Easter Island |
| 54% | GINGER | 6 | Name of the movie star on "Gilligan's Island" |
| 54% | USSR | 4 | Official name of the former Soviet Union |
| 54% | MADRAS | 6 | Former name of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India |
| 53% | SPENCER | 7 | Diana ___, birth name of the former Princess of Wales |
| 53% | ALEXANDRIA | 10 | First name of the current Representative for Rikers Island |
| 53% | EIRE | 4 | Former name for the Republic of Ireland |