| 100% | APIA | 4 | Capital with the University of The South Pacific |
| 62% | ALOFI | 5 | Capital of Niue in the South Pacific Ocean |
| 59% | REBEL | 5 | ___ Wilson, "Pitch Perfect" actress with a law degree from the University of New South Wales |
| 57% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, familiarly |
| 57% | SEWANEE | 7 | The University of the South, commonly |
| 57% | KIMBERLEY | 9 | Capital of Northern Cape, South Africa, associated with the diamond industry |
| 56% | SUVA | 4 | Main campus site of the University of the South Pacific |
| 56% | WINNIPEG | 8 | Provincial capital south of a lake with the same name |
| 54% | AMERICAN | 8 | & 18D Unincorporated territory of the US in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Pago Pago |
| 53% | ALIYAHBOSTON | 12 | University of South Carolina power forward/center who was honored with the 2022 Wade Trophy (2 wds.) |
| 53% | PARISTEXAS | 10 | Capital of the South? |
| 53% | FIJI | 4 | So-called "crossroads of the South Pacific" |
| 53% | PROA | 4 | Multihull sailing vessel of the South Pacific |
| 52% | MICHENER | 8 | Pulitzer winner for "Tales of the South Pacific" |
| 52% | AUS | 3 | Country with the University of Melbourne, for short |
| 52% | CAIRO | 5 | African capital with a City of the Dead |
| 51% | AFRICA | 6 | South __ suffered with the politics of Apartheid |
| 50% | SWEET | 5 | With 59-Down, staple beverage of the South |
| 50% | BLUE | 4 | "Let's Go ___" (fight song associated with the University of Michigan) |
| 50% | BEND | 4 | South ___, Indiana (city near the University of Notre Dame) |
| 50% | APIASAMOA | 9 | Capital in the South Pacific |
| 49% | FURMAN | 6 | University dubbed "The Country Club of the South" |
| 49% | ATOLL | 5 | Type of coral island in the South Pacific |
| 49% | AMMAN | 5 | World capital with the historic Temple of Hercules |
| 49% | QUITO | 5 | Capital just south of the equator |
| 49% | ANKARA | 6 | Capital south of the Black Sea |
| 49% | TEHRAN | 6 | Capital south of the Caspian Sea |
| 49% | MIDI | 4 | The south of France, with "le" |
| 48% | NIUE | 4 | Island nation in the South Pacific Ocean; capital Alofi |