| 100% | TAHDIG | 6 | Crispy rice crust whose name means “bottom of the pot” in Farsi |
| 42% | DES | 3 | ___ Moines, Iowa city whose name means "of the monks" in French |
| 41% | LHASA | 5 | Capital whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 41% | PAKISTAN | 8 | Country whose name means "land of the pure" |
| 40% | ONEIDA | 6 | Nation whose name means “People of the Standing Stone” |
| 40% | CROSTINI | 8 | Appetizer whose name means "little crusts" in Italian |
| 39% | LHASA | 5 | Asian capital whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 39% | LHASA | 5 | Capital city whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 39% | KAMLOOPS | 8 | BC city whose name means meeting of the waters |
| 39% | KAMPALA | 7 | African city whose name means hill of the impala |
| 39% | TREX | 4 | Dinosaur whose name means "king of the tyrant lizards": 2 wds., abbr. |
| 39% | AYLA | 4 | The Clan of the Cave Bear protagonist whose name means "moonlight" in Turkish |
| 38% | OKEECHOBEE | 10 | Lake whose name means “big water” in the Hitchiti-Mikasuki language |
| 38% | CLAIRDELUNE | 11 | Debussy classic whose name means "light of the moon": 3 wds. |
| 38% | MOOSE | 5 | Animal whose name means "eater of bark" in Algonquian |
| 38% | MOHICANS | 8 | Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" |
| 37% | ENTERTAINMENTCENTERS | 20 | Setups whose name consists entirely of the letters in 117-Across |
| 37% | ABELINCOLNINILLINOIS | 20 | Film whose name consists entirely of the letters in 74-Across |
| 37% | ANDTHENTHEREWERENONE | 20 | Novel whose name consists entirely of the letters in 62-Across |
| 37% | SAINTFRANCISOFASSISI | 20 | Person whose name consists entirely of the letters in 23-Across |
| 37% | OSLO | 4 | Norway city whose name appears in the center of "Czechoslovakia" |
| 37% | GRAPE | 5 | Fruit whose name precedes "fruit" in the name of another fruit |
| 36% | DENALI | 6 | Mountain whose name means "the tall one" in the Koyukon Athabascan language |
| 36% | EMU | 3 | Bird whose name is also the initials of a school in Ypsilanti |
| 36% | ATARI | 5 | Company whose name comes from a term in the game of Go |
| 36% | ORANGUTAN | 9 | This ape's name means "man of the forest" in Malay |
| 36% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake whose name means "the lake" in Washo |
| 36% | ELIAH | 5 | Son of Elam whose name means "God the Lord" |
| 35% | AELLO | 5 | One of the Harpy sisters in Greek mythology whose name means "storm-swift" in ancient Greek |
| 35% | TIERRA | 6 | ___ del Fuego (South American archipelago whose name means “Land of Fire” in Spanish) |