| 100% | JAPAN | 5 | Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+] |
| 39% | KRISTINOTTO | 11 | German Olympic swimming champion with six Olympic golds, the second highest number of wins ever for a female swimmer: 2 wds. |
| 37% | AUS | 3 | Country with the eighth-largest immigrant population after the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 37% | EGYPT | 5 | Country with the second most pyramids, after Sudan |
| 36% | COLIN | 5 | ___ Powell, retired general in the U. S. Army who was honored with his second Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1993 |
| 36% | EGYPT | 5 | Country with the Great Sphinx of Giza |
| 35% | INDONESIA | 9 | Country with the largest number of active volcanos |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | Country with the largest number of Quechua speakers |
| 35% | BOISE | 5 | With 3-Down, U.S. capital + state with the fewest number of combined letters |
| 34% | INDIA | 5 | South Asian country which has the second highest number of Internet users in the world |
| 34% | ROLL | 4 | With 2-Down, the name of one of Led Zeppelin's greatest hits, "___ & ___" |
| 33% | TUVALU | 6 | With fewer than 11,000 people, the world's second-least-populous country, after Vatican City |
| 33% | GRAND | 5 | With 2-Down, U.S. national park that's larger than the entirety of Rhode Island |
| 33% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 33% | OCANADA | 7 | National anthem of the country north of the US: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CLAUDIOREYNA | 12 | One of the greatest soccer players from the U.S. who captained the 2006 FIFA World Cup team: 2 wds. |
| 33% | NBC | 3 | Network with the all-time greatest number of Emmys |
| 33% | BESTBET | 7 | Option with the greatest likelihood of success: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SIGEP | 5 | College frat with the greatest number of chapter houses (200+) |
| 32% | SNL | 3 | Show with the greatest number of Primetime Emmys, for short |
| 32% | SOCIALIST | 9 | The second "S" of U.S.S.R. |
| 32% | MAIN | 4 | After "Park," the second-most popular street name in the US that isn't an ordinal number |
| 32% | GEORGEBERKELEY | 14 | Scientist and philosopher whose name inspired the name of the city after which the element Bk with atomic number 97 is named: 2 wds. |
| 32% | PARKPLACE | 9 | Second-most expensive property in the US edition of 15-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | EGYPT | 5 | The Great Pyramid of Giza's country |
| 32% | GOODGOLLY | 9 | With 48-Across, 1958 Little Richard hit that's #94 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NONE | 4 | Number of U.S. states starting with "B" |
| 31% | STTHOMAS | 8 | Second-largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| 31% | JASONKIDD | 9 | Former Knicks player who holds the record for second most number of assists in NBA: 2 wds. |
| 31% | NURSING | 7 | Second-most popular undergraduate major in the U.S., after business |