| 100% | ZEN | 3 | Branch of Buddhism that began in China |
| 49% | ENDODONTICS | 11 | Branch of dentistry that specializes in root canals |
| 48% | SHIA | 4 | Branch of Islam that predominates in Iran and Iraq |
| 47% | INTERNETAGE | 11 | *Period of connectivity that began in the 1990s |
| 47% | CALCULUS | 8 | Branch of mathematics that means "pebble" in Latin |
| 46% | WWI | 3 | Conflict that began in the wake of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination: Abbr. |
| 45% | ZEN | 3 | Branch of Mahayana Buddhism stressing the role of meditation in pursuing enlightenment |
| 44% | ARAB | 4 | ___ Spring (wave of uprisings that began in Tunisia) |
| 43% | ERA | 3 | Rock ___ (period of music that began in the 1950s) |
| 43% | EZRA | 4 | Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." |
| 43% | MAKEHAPPY | 9 | Bo Burnham special that begins with a video of him in clown makeup |
| 42% | ZEN | 3 | Branch of Buddhism |
| 42% | LETITBE | 7 | Beatles song that begins "When I find myself in times of trouble" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | LETITBE | 7 | Beatles song that begins, "When I find myself in times of trouble" (3 wds.) |
| 42% | KORAN | 5 | Book that begins "In the name of Allah ..." |
| 41% | DII | 3 | Year the Liang dynasty began in China |
| 41% | SAWIV | 5 | 2007 horror installment that begins with a microcassette being found in the stomach of the villain |
| 40% | AJA | 3 | Album that begins "In the corner of my eye / I saw you in Rudy's / You were very high" |
| 40% | PICA | 4 | Largest branch of the vertebral blood flow mechanism that in part supplies blood to your cerebellum (abbr.) |
| 40% | BELLYACHE | 9 | Hit song by 30-Across that begins "Sittin' all alone / Mouth full of gum / In the driveway" |
| 40% | ZEN | 3 | Meditative branch of Buddhism |
| 40% | ZEN | 3 | Japanese branch of Buddhism |
| 40% | GAME | 4 | "___ of Thrones," TV series that will begin taking the world by storm in 2011 |
| 39% | FRENCHREVOLUTION | 16 | Event that began in 1789 |
| 39% | OLYMPIC | 7 | Games that began in Athens |
| 39% | YSER | 4 | River that begins in Nord |
| 39% | ACTS | 4 | Book that begins in Jerusalem |
| 39% | FALL | 4 | Season that begins in September |
| 39% | EXODUS | 6 | Book that begins in Egypt |
| 39% | LEGO | 4 | Focus of a theme park that began in Billund, Denmark |