| 100% | SYRIA | 5 | Damascus and Aleppo are in this nation |
| 54% | PAKISTAN | 8 | Rupees are used in India and this Muslim nation |
| 54% | SYRIA | 5 | Where Damascus and Aleppo are |
| 49% | BOTSWANA | 8 | Chobe National Park is in this African nation |
| 48% | VITAMINB | 8 | Thiamin and Riboflavin are in this class |
| 48% | NIGERIA | 7 | Lagos and Abuja are in this country |
| 48% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | Jamaica and Barbados are in this sea |
| 47% | MALTA | 5 | Valletta and Rabat are in this European country |
| 47% | ANDALUSIA | 9 | Cordoba and Granada are in this region of Spain |
| 46% | STARTREK | 8 | Captain Kirk and Spock are in this series |
| 45% | PLAIN | 5 | In literature, Sarah was this and Tall |
| 45% | PUNS | 4 | “The basil in this pho is soup-herb!” and others |
| 44% | WILTON | 6 | This was Derek and Mavis's surname in Corrie |
| 43% | SOAP | 4 | This could be liquid and you can buy it in bars |
| 42% | USA | 3 | This nation's athlete is the first figure skater to land eight quads in a competition |
| 42% | KOREAN | 6 | Galbi and bulgogi are popular in this barbecue |
| 42% | ROMANIA | 7 | Cluj and Timisoara are cities in this country |
| 42% | FUTURAMA | 8 | Fry and Bender are characters in this series |
| 41% | TOYSTORY | 8 | Buzz and Woody are hero friends in this franchise |
| 41% | NIAGARA | 7 | Schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor was carried over this - and survived - in 1901 |
| 40% | ATKINSDIET | 10 | This regimen was partly blamed for much lower sales of pasta and rice in 2003 |
| 40% | EVIL | 4 | This is bad. Real bad. And it's lurking in the longest puzzle answers, too! |
| 40% | BOHEMIANRHAPSODY | 16 | Mercury was in this |
| 40% | GLASSTHERMOMETER | 16 | Mercury is in this |
| 40% | COUSINS | 7 | Snoop Dogg and Brandy are related in this way |
| 40% | ANIMALCRACKERS | 14 | Lunchbox treat that contains the four beasts hidden in this grid, and what the starred answers literally are |
| 40% | SPANISH | 7 | Azaña and Sanjurjo were leaders in this civil war |
| 39% | SYRIA | 5 | Country with Damascus and Aleppo |
| 39% | WHEAT | 5 | North Dakota and Kansas lead the nation in production of this crop (33% combined) |
| 39% | NOS | 3 | 3, 19, 607 and 44,497 are all perfect examples of these, in brief |