| 100% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 48% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 43% | MAINLAND | 8 | Part of a country that doesn't include its detached territories |
| 42% | USA | 3 | Country that Guam is a territory of: Abbr. |
| 41% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 40% | CHINA | 5 | Country that becomes a part of the face when its last letter is removed |
| 39% | DECIDUOUS | 9 | A tree that loses its leaves in winter |
| 39% | RSE | 3 | Trading org. located in Kigali that opened in Jan., 2011 and by June of this year had a market listing of nine companies on its books |
| 38% | SAMOA | 5 | Polynesian island country that gave its name to a type of Girl Scout cookie |
| 38% | PACKRAT | 7 | Rodent that accumulates a bunch of stuff in its nest |
| 38% | SKY | 3 | Part of a landscape that may have clouds in it |
| 37% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 37% | OATES | 5 | Half of the duo that sang "Did It In A Minute" |
| 36% | TAMPABAY | 8 | Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark |
| 36% | NLEAST | 6 | Div. that, in its first year of existence, produced a World Series champ |
| 36% | SENEGAL | 7 | River in West Africa that shares its name with a country it flows through |
| 36% | CANNES | 6 | Film festival that awarded its top prize to Anatomy of a Fall in 2023 |
| 36% | LOOM | 4 | Fruit of the ___ (company that in fact does not have a cornucopia in its logo) |
| 36% | MRPIBB | 6 | Original name of a soft drink that now has "Xtra" in its name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | XBOXLIVE | 8 | Service that allows you to play Gears of War with someone in a different country |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Country that produces a lot of quinoa |
| 35% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of glove puppet Sooty |
| 35% | RAMSBOTTOM | 10 | Town in Greater Manchester that shares its name with a snake companion of the puppet Sooty |
| 35% | SANYO | 5 | Electronics company that became a wholly owned subsidiary of Panasonic in 2011 |
| 35% | IVIES | 5 | School group that's in a league of its own |
| 35% | NICOBAR | 7 | — Islands, chain in the Indian Ocean that form, with the Andaman Islands, a Union Territory of India |
| 34% | NOR | 3 | Country that has lost its way?: Abbr. |
| 34% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 34% | CROUCHEND | 9 | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
| 34% | SIAM | 4 | Country that changed its name in 1939 |