| 100% | LAN | 3 | David —, South Africa-born playwright; artistic director of the Young Vic, London appointed in 2000 |
| 33% | KELLY | 5 | Jude —, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre, London, from 2006-18 |
| 33% | RYLANCE | 7 | Mark —, Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre, London, from 1995-2005 |
| 32% | VICTORFLEMING | 13 | Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 |
| 31% | ABBADO | 6 | Claudio —, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra appointed in 1979 |
| 30% | ELONMUSK | 8 | South Africa-born technology entrepreneur; founder in 2002 of SpaceX |
| 28% | RICARDO | 7 | David —, British economist born in 1772 who authored The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation |
| 28% | VAAL | 4 | River in South Africa that joins the Orange River west of Kimberley |
| 28% | BOER | 4 | Dutch settler of South Africa in the 18th-19th centuries |
| 28% | JOHANNESBURG | 12 | City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand |
| 28% | GEORGELUCAS | 11 | Director of the film mentioned in 16a: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MELBROOKS | 9 | Writer and director of The Producers in 1967 |
| 27% | RANDALL | 7 | __ Wallace; director of The Man In The Iron Mask |
| 26% | TUTU | 4 | Desmond of South Africa, who received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize in Atlanta in 1986 |
| 26% | ALEXIA | 6 | Princess of the Netherlands born in 2005 |
| 26% | TANZANIA | 8 | Home of the highest point in Africa |
| 26% | ZED | 3 | Last letter of the alphabet, in London |
| 26% | NANOOK | 6 | Master of the bears in Inuit religion |
| 26% | OSBORNE | 7 | George —, Chancellor of the Exchequer appointed in 2010 |
| 26% | RAND | 4 | Official currency of the Republic of South Africa |
| 26% | GREENWICH | 9 | Site of the original Royal Observatory in London |
| 26% | ASSANGE | 7 | Onetime resident of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London |
| 26% | LIMA | 4 | Site of the oldest university in South America |
| 26% | BLOCKADE | 8 | Union __ of the South, Lincoln proclaimed in 1861 |
| 26% | OVAL | 4 | The shape of cricket in London? |
| 25% | RUPERT | 6 | Prince of the Rhine, born in Prague in 1619 |
| 25% | WORLDCUP | 8 | Australia plays South Africa in the Women's T20 __ |
| 25% | NASH | 4 | John —, designer of the Marble Arch monument in London |
| 25% | PIANO | 5 | Renzo —, Italian architect; designer of The Shard in London |
| 25% | LIMA | 4 | Capital of the third largest country in South America |