| 100% | TAHOE | 5 | Chevy model whose name references a body of water |
| 87% | RIO | 3 | Kia model whose name references a body of water |
| 55% | SEA | 3 | Body of water whose name sounds like a letter of the alphabet |
| 48% | FIJI | 4 | Island group whose name is a brand of water |
| 47% | FIJI | 4 | Country whose name is a brand of bottled water |
| 47% | SLC | 3 | State capital named for a body of water (Abbr.) |
| 46% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |
| 44% | BLAKE | 5 | Name that's a letter + a body of water |
| 42% | LOCHNESS | 8 | Body of water searched in a 1987 project code-named Deepscan |
| 42% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 42% | BROOKLOPEZ | 10 | Milwaukee Bucks player whose first name is a small body of water: 2 wds. |
| 42% | REDSEA | 6 | Mideast body of water whose parting was recapped in 15-Across in a bowl of tomato soup: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STRAITTALK | 10 | Address about a body of water? |
| 42% | LAKESIDE | 8 | Next to a body of water |
| 41% | CURRENT | 7 | A body of water moving in a specific direction |
| 41% | BIGHTSIZED | 10 | As large as a body of water? |
| 41% | LAKEHOUSE | 9 | Summer home on a body of water |
| 41% | BAY | 3 | "Transformers" director Michael, or a body of water |
| 40% | MOAT | 4 | Body of water surrounding a castle |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | A body of water; Venice is located in one of these |
| 40% | REDD | 4 | Animal Crossing fox whose name references a legendary comedian |
| 40% | LAKELIKE | 8 | Similar to a body of water surrounded by land |
| 40% | SEA | 3 | Body of water a mermaid might inhabit |
| 40% | LAKE | 4 | Body of water near many a campsite |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated by a barrier |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from a sea |
| 40% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water similar to a bay |
| 40% | DAMUP | 5 | Contain a body of water with sandbags, say (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GULFOFFINLAND | 13 | Body of water whose busiest port is Helsinki |
| 39% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water named for an English explorer |