| 100% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that's smaller than an ocean |
| 95% | SEA | 3 | Large body of water that's smaller than an ocean |
| 74% | SEA | 3 | Vast body of water which is smaller than an ocean |
| 73% | POND | 4 | Body of water that's smaller than a lake |
| 73% | LAKE | 4 | Body of water that's smaller than a 38-Across |
| 70% | SEA | 3 | Body of water smaller than an ocean |
| 68% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that's not as big as an ocean |
| 68% | DEADSEA | 7 | Body of water that's nearly 10 times saltier than the ocean |
| 67% | SEA | 3 | Large body of water, smaller than an ocean |
| 67% | SEA | 3 | Big body of water smaller than an ocean |
| 63% | SEAS | 4 | Bodies of water smaller than oceans |
| 62% | SEA | 3 | Water body smaller than an ocean |
| 60% | SEA | 3 | Expanse that's smaller than an ocean |
| 57% | SEA | 3 | Vast expanse of water smaller than an ocean |
| 53% | STRAIT | 6 | Body of water that sounds like an antonym for "crooked" |
| 53% | LAGO | 4 | Body of water smaller than un mare |
| 52% | SEA | 3 | Bigger water body than a pond but smaller than an ocean |
| 51% | SEA | 3 | It's smaller than an ocean |
| 51% | POND | 4 | Small body of water that a frog might hang out in |
| 50% | SEA | 3 | Body of water that's a homophone of "C" |
| 50% | ARAL | 4 | ___ Sea (once massive Asian body of water that has become an environmental cautionary tale) |
| 49% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that's parted in the Bible: 2 wds. |
| 49% | HARDSEA | 7 | Body of water that's difficult to cross? (start of 18-Across) |
| 49% | SEA | 3 | It's smaller than an ocean larger than a river |
| 49% | ARALSEA | 7 | Asian body of water that's now largely dried up |
| 48% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water that's home to the world's largest marine reserve |
| 48% | LAKE | 4 | With 24-Across, body of water that's in four African countries |
| 47% | OKEECHOBEE | 10 | Lake —, freshwater body of water in Florida that drains to the Atlantic Ocean via the Everglades |
| 46% | ALTO | 4 | Type of saxophone that's smaller than tenor |
| 45% | BAYS | 4 | Bodies of water that cut into shorelines |