| 100% | SUDAN | 5 | Country in which the effects of war and displacement led U.N. experts to warn of widespread famine (October, 2024) |
| 34% | ALBANIA | 7 | Country with which the U.S. goes to war in "Wag the Dog" |
| 31% | AEC | 3 | US agcy. that established its Technical Analysis Branch in 1961 to study long-term biological and ecological effects of nuclear war |
| 29% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Island in the Pacific also known as Iwo To; scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in World War II |
| 29% | USA | 3 | Country of players like Simone Biles and Gabrielle Thomas, which aced in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Give it up for this champion!: Abbr. |
| 29% | SDAK | 4 | Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. |
| 27% | GERMANY | 7 | Country in which the automobile, aspirin and the accordion were invented |
| 27% | CRIMEAN | 7 | War in which the Battle of Balaclava was fought |
| 27% | CUFFING | 7 | “Season” in which single people couple up to stave off the loneliness and cold of winter |
| 27% | ASSAD | 5 | The U.N. accused him of war crimes in 2013 |
| 27% | MIRREN | 6 | Only person to have won the Triple Crown of Acting in both the U.S. and the U.K. |
| 27% | SUWANNEE | 8 | US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border which flows to the Gulf of Mexico |
| 26% | ARRESTED | 8 | "___ Development," TV series in which the Bluths misinterpret a doctor's use of "all right," leading to a comical confusion over homonyms |
| 26% | SUDAN | 5 | Country in which the Blue Nile and the White Nile converge |
| 26% | WALTER | 6 | "The Secret Life of ___ Mitty," an adventure film in which Ben Stiller travels to Greenland, Iceland, and the Himalayas |
| 26% | PLATTE | 6 | — River, tributary of the Missouri in Nebraska, US, upon which Lexington and Fremont stand |
| 26% | SWEDEN | 6 | Country to which the island of Gotland belongs |
| 26% | SCUD | 4 | Name of a missile used in the gulf war, which means to move quickly like clouds |
| 26% | RESTORING | 9 | Eliminating the effects of wear and tear on, as was done to 38-Across |
| 26% | GAR | 3 | Fraternal org. for US Civil War vets founded in 1866 and dissolved with the death of its last member in 1956 |
| 25% | MANASSAS | 8 | City in Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| 25% | LINCOLN | 7 | Abraham ___, 16th President of the U.S.A. and the first to sport a beard in office |
| 25% | HARRISON | 8 | Benjamin ___, 23rd President of the U.S.A. and the fifth to sport a beard in office |
| 25% | CLOUD | 5 | Type of storage that allows us to access our files and data from anywhere in the world |
| 25% | IRISES | 6 | Movie transitions in which the field of vision appears to expand or contract |
| 25% | ALBANIA | 7 | Country in Europe next to N. Macedonia and Greece |
| 25% | NATURALGAS | 10 | Trinidad and Tobago resource that has led to it be one of the richest western countries per capita |
| 25% | ROYALMINT | 9 | Organisation based in Llantrisant, Wales, which possesses the sole right to manufacture coins and notes of the realm |