| 100% | ARAL | 4 | Area that was once the world's fourth largest lake and is now partly the Aralkum Desert |
| 46% | ARALSEA | 7 | It was once the world's fourth-largest lake |
| 45% | ARAL | 4 | “Sea” that was once the fourth-largest lake in the world |
| 44% | ARAL | 4 | ___ Sea, shrinking body of water that was once the world's third-largest lake |
| 37% | ARAL | 4 | With 45-Across, what was once the world's fourth-largest inland body of water |
| 37% | ARAL | 4 | Name of what was once the world's second-largest saltwater lake |
| 36% | NHRA | 4 | Org. founded in 1951 that is now the self-proclaimed world's largest motorsports sanctioning body |
| 35% | TAIPEI | 6 | ___ 101, 508-meter skyscraper that was once the world's tallest |
| 35% | KLENCKEATLAS | 12 | Book made up of 41 copperplate maps held by the British Library and which was once the world's largest book of its kind: 2 wds. |
| 34% | AANDP | 5 | Discontinued grocery chain that was once the U.S.'s largest retailer |
| 34% | ARAL | 4 | — Sea, body of water east of the Caspian Sea straddling Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan whose eastern basin is now called the Aralkum Desert |
| 34% | DALMATIAN | 9 | A large, spotted dog that was once used as a dog of war and even now can be seen working for firefighters |
| 34% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert that covers 3.5 million square miles and holds the record for world's largest subtropical desert |
| 33% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Annual music festival that originated in Brooklyn and is now held in cities around the world |
| 33% | BOCK | 4 | Bagpipe once played in central Europe, now most likely to be heard in the Czech Republic's Strakonice and Domazlice areas |
| 31% | PETRONASTOWER | 13 | Malaysia's twin skyscrapers the ___s, that were once the tallest buildings in the world: 2 wds |
| 31% | MIR | 3 | Space station that was once the largest artificial satellite |
| 31% | LOUVRE | 6 | Paris landmark which is the world's largest art museum and also the most visited one |
| 31% | DEVIL | 5 | Tasmanian ___, world's largest carnivorous marsupial that is native to the island of Tasmania |
| 30% | LIMA | 4 | Peruvian capital that is South America's fourth largest metropolitan area |
| 30% | AKRON | 5 | Ohio city that was once the Rubber Capital of the World |
| 30% | VALLEY | 6 | Silicon ___, tech hub in Northern California that houses some of the world's largest tech companies and startups |
| 30% | SNL | 3 | Show that was the source of "The Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World": Abbr. |
| 30% | WALMART | 7 | Arkansas-based retailer that is the world's largest company by revenue |
| 30% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
| 30% | MOTOR | 5 | Indianapolis ___ Speedway, world's largest sporting venue that is the home of the Indianapolis 500 |
| 30% | DULLES | 6 | Washington ___ International Airport, one of the world's largest airports that is located in Virginia |
| 30% | BUSH | 4 | George ___ Intercontinental Airport, one of the world's largest airports that is located in Texas |
| 30% | WORTH | 5 | Fort ___ International Airport, one of the world's largest airports that is located in Texas |
| 30% | SUVARNABHUMI | 12 | ___ International Airport, one of the world's largest airports that is located in Bangkok, Thailand |