| 100% | ZIMBABWE | 8 | Country that unveiled a $100 trillion note in 2009 |
| 43% | ZIMBABWE | 8 | Country that introduced $100 billion note in 2008 |
| 40% | ALLY | 4 | Country that's on your side in a war |
| 39% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 39% | SUDAN | 5 | Country that lost a quarter of its territory in 2011 |
| 38% | OMAN | 4 | Country that becomes a female with a W in front of it |
| 37% | LAWS | 4 | Rules that are followed in a country |
| 37% | NOR | 3 | Country that takes a lot of medals in the Winter Olympics: Abbr. |
| 37% | XES | 3 | Letters that symbolize kisses in a love note |
| 36% | NATIVE | 6 | One born in a country, a __ to that area |
| 36% | CURRENCY | 8 | The money that is used in a specific country |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Middle East country that had a revolution in 1979 |
| 35% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country that signed a nuclear deal in November |
| 35% | METS | 4 | Team that got a new ballpark in 2009 |
| 35% | SOUTH | 5 | ___ Korea, country that placed second in the 2009 edition of the World Baseball Classic tournament |
| 34% | TEXAS | 5 | State that was an independent country for a decade beginning in 1836 |
| 34% | TEXARKANA | 9 | City that rhymes with "Rosanna" in a #1 George Strait country hit |
| 34% | THELASTSTRAW | 12 | 2009 book that was #3 in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series: 3 wds. |
| 34% | DOBRO | 5 | Resonator guitar that's a staple in country music |
| 34% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument that's a staple in country music |
| 33% | SENEGAL | 7 | River in West Africa that shares its name with a country it flows through |
| 33% | EGYPT | 5 | Did you know, that a city named after 44a is in Cairo's country? |
| 33% | EGYPT | 5 | Country that has won only a single Olympic gold medal - in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling - in the past 70 years |
| 33% | UNITEDSTATES | 12 | Country that will host the 2028 Olympics . . . and a collective description of the letter pair abbreviations in the starred clues' answers |
| 33% | FLAT | 4 | In music, the sign that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone |
| 33% | AVATAR | 6 | 2009 James Cameron movie that takes place in a dystopian future where Earth has exhausted all resources |
| 33% | FLAT | 4 | Musical symbol that, when placed before a note, lowers it in pitch by a semitone |
| 33% | XBOXLIVE | 8 | Service that allows you to play Gears of War with someone in a different country |
| 33% | IOU | 3 | Note in a pot |
| 33% | STET | 4 | Note in a proof |