| 100% | IRAN | 4 | Country with whom the US announced a deal in July |
| 52% | IRAN | 4 | With whom the U.S. pulled out of a nuclear deal |
| 43% | RONALD | 6 | With 41-Across, future US president who had a chimpanzee costar in the 1951 movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" |
| 43% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CUBA | 4 | Country with which the U.S. re-established diplomatic relations in 2015 |
| 42% | GEORGIA | 7 | Country that shares name with a state in the US |
| 41% | ALBANIA | 7 | Country with which the U.S. goes to war in "Wag the Dog" |
| 41% | INMYFEELINGS | 12 | Drake hit with a record-setting 116.2 million US streams in the week of July 28, 2018: 3 wds. |
| 40% | GEORGIA | 7 | Asian country with the same name as a US state |
| 39% | JESSEPINKMAN | 12 | Character played by Aaron Paul in "Breaking Bad", who was a crystal meth dealer and worked with the character played by 30-Across: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ELI | 3 | Country singer Mike who's in a band with James Young |
| 38% | CHILE | 5 | Only country in the Americas with a female president |
| 38% | SKYWRITER | 9 | One who scrawls words in the air with a plane |
| 37% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 37% | DISH | 4 | One who ran away with the spoon, in a nursery rhyme |
| 37% | CUBA | 4 | Country with a wedding tradition where every man who dances with the bride must pin money to her outfit |
| 37% | PERU | 4 | Country with a "cake pull" wedding tradition where single women try to find the ring hidden in the dessert |
| 37% | SERGIO | 6 | With 12-Across, golfer who won the 2017 Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff |
| 36% | BIANCA | 6 | With 44-Across, Canadian tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final |
| 36% | NAOMI | 5 | With 36-Across, Japanese tennis player who defeated Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open final |
| 36% | WARRENHARDING | 13 | US president who lost the White House china while gambling in a card game: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALEXMORGAN | 10 | US soccer star who scored a goal against Colombia in the 2015 World Cup: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 36% | AARON | 5 | Hank —, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 36% | AARON | 5 | Hank ---, US baseball player who retired in 1976 with a total of 755 home runs |
| 36% | DENNISBRAIN | 11 | French horn player with the Philharmonia Orchestra who died in a car crash in 1957 |
| 36% | ROB | 3 | Lowe who stars with his sons in the A&E reality series "The Lowe Files" |
| 36% | HER | 3 | 2013 movie about a man who falls in love with the voice on his smartphone |