| 100% | NOR | 3 | Country that has lost its way?: Abbr. |
| 53% | FLAT | 4 | Like 31-Across that has lost its fizz |
| 53% | FLAT | 4 | Like 9-Across that has lost its fizz |
| 52% | USA | 3 | Country that has Guam as a territory: Abbr. |
| 51% | UAE | 3 | Country that has no rivers: Abbr. |
| 51% | LEBANON | 7 | Country that has a cedar tree on its flag |
| 50% | NAMIBIA | 7 | Country that has two oryxes on its coat of arms |
| 50% | USA | 3 | Country that has had 45 different presidents to date: Abbr. |
| 50% | USA | 3 | Country that has a holiday on fourth of July: Abbr. |
| 49% | USA | 3 | Country that declared its independence in 1776: Abbr. |
| 48% | ARAL | 4 | Central Asian sea that has lost three-fourths of its volume |
| 47% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 47% | IRE | 3 | Country that shares its island with part of the UK: Abbr. |
| 47% | PETA | 4 | Group that has a rabbit in its logo: Abbr. |
| 46% | AMA | 3 | Doctors' group that has a snake in its logo: Abbr. |
| 46% | USA | 3 | Country that has emitted over 400,000 megatons of carbon dioxide in the last 270 years: Abbr. |
| 45% | MGM | 3 | Film studio that has a roaring lion as its symbol: Abbr. |
| 45% | ING | 3 | Dutch banking giant that has a lion sitting beside its logo: Abbr. |
| 45% | EPA | 3 | Government group that has a Greener Living section on its website: Abbr. |
| 44% | ISR | 3 | It has more museums per capita than any other country: Abbr. |
| 43% | ISRAEL | 6 | Country that, according to its tourist bureau, has the highest number of museums per capita |
| 43% | PANAMA | 6 | Country that issued its only banknotes in 1941, only to have them withdrawn several days later |
| 43% | SENILE | 6 | Having lost it |
| 42% | SURVIVOR | 8 | Reality show that tells its losing contestants "The tribe has spoken" |
| 42% | ALA | 3 | State that shares its name with a country music group: Abbr. |
| 42% | CMA | 3 | Group that has named Garth Brooks its Entertainer of the Year a record seven times: Abbr. |
| 42% | PERU | 4 | Country that has many llamas |
| 42% | USA | 3 | Country that has 50 states |
| 41% | RSA | 3 | Country that has 11 official languages and English is only the fourth most common (abbr.) |
| 41% | PORTUGAL | 8 | Country that had the Carnation Revolution |