| 100% | RASSLE | 6 | Contend (with), in the country |
| 86% | RASSLES | 7 | Tangles with, in the country |
| 81% | RASSLE | 6 | Tangle (with), in the country |
| 75% | ETHIOPIA | 8 | Country with the highest capital city in Africa |
| 75% | USA | 3 | Country with the most Olympic medals in softball |
| 74% | IRAQ | 4 | Country in the Middle East with capital of Baghdad |
| 73% | CUBA | 4 | Country with the most all-time medals in Olympic baseball |
| 73% | SWEDEN | 6 | Country that won Eurovision in 2023 with the song "Tattoo" |
| 72% | BOB | 3 | ___ Evans Restaurants, popular breakfast chain in the USA with a country-living theme |
| 72% | NEPAL | 5 | Country with the most mountains over 25,000 feet in elevation |
| 72% | SWE | 3 | Country featured in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Abbr.) |
| 71% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 71% | ENSILE | 6 | Put away in the country |
| 71% | DIRTROAD | 8 | Way out in the country |
| 71% | COTTAGE | 7 | Small house in the country |
| 71% | LANE | 4 | Narrow road in the country |
| 71% | INNS | 4 | Hotels located in the country |
| 71% | INN | 3 | Quaint hotel in the country |
| 71% | RURAL | 5 | Like life in the country |
| 71% | AXIS | 4 | Name given to the countries who allied with Germany in the Second World War |
| 71% | BRANDYCLARK | 11 | Country singer with the 2016 album “Big Day in a Small Town” |
| 71% | RURAL | 5 | In the country |
| 71% | XXXXX | 5 | In the country |
| 71% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 71% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 70% | GEORGESTRAIT | 12 | Country star with the 2005 platinum album "Somewhere Down in Texas": 2 wds. |
| 70% | SINGAPORE | 9 | Country spelled with the only nine letters used in this puzzle's answers |
| 70% | SHAY | 4 | Carriage, in the country |
| 69% | CHILE | 5 | Only country in the Americas with a female president |
| 69% | FINLAND | 7 | First country in the world with universal suffrage (1906) |