| 100% | ZHOU | 4 | Dynasty that ruled ancient China for much of the first millennium B.C. |
| 33% | MEDICI | 6 | Family ruling Florence for most of the Renaissance |
| 33% | QIN | 3 | First dynasty of imperial China, 221-206 B.C. |
| 32% | ATHENS | 6 | Destination of the first marathon (490 B.C.) |
| 31% | USSR | 4 | Country that included Russia for much of the 20th century: Abbr. |
| 31% | QIN | 3 | Dynasty during which much of the Great Wall of China was built |
| 31% | INMATE | 6 | Capone, for much of the '30s |
| 31% | SEA | 3 | Setting for much of the "Odyssey" |
| 31% | OILER | 5 | Gretzky, for most of the 1980s |
| 30% | INDIA | 5 | Setting for much of the movie "Lion" |
| 30% | OILER | 5 | Gretzky, for most of the nineteen-eighties |
| 30% | LENDL | 5 | #1 tennis player for much of the '80s |
| 30% | FRANCE | 6 | Papal residence country for much of the 1300s |
| 30% | IRAN | 4 | Iraq's foe for much of the 1980s |
| 30% | ALONE | 5 | Like Kevin McCallister for much of the movie |
| 30% | CITYSTREETS | 11 | Locale for most of the New York Marathon |
| 30% | ASTRO | 5 | Nolan Ryan, for most of the 80's |
| 30% | SLEEP | 5 | What newborns do for most of the day |
| 30% | YELTSIN | 7 | Russian leader for most of the 1990s, Boris |
| 30% | SHRIVER | 7 | Lionel —, author of novels So Much for That and Checker and the Derailleurs |
| 30% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 30% | ALASKANINTERIOR | 15 | Setting for much of the 33-Across/16-Down |
| 30% | SITS | 4 | What a judge does for much of the day |
| 30% | ARABIANSEA | 10 | Locale for much of the world's oil shipping |
| 30% | SSR | 3 | Georgia, for most of the 20th century, in brief |
| 30% | CORVETTE | 8 | One of the most iconic American sports cars from Chevrolet, that has been in production for seven generations |
| 29% | PIANISSIMO | 10 | Like much of the first movement of the "Moonlight" Sonata |
| 29% | SEWER | 5 | Setting for much of the 2006 animated film "Flushed Away" |
| 29% | DIMITRI | 7 | New York Philharmonic conductor for most of the fifties, ____ Mitropoulos |
| 29% | MADE | 4 | Most of the everyday goods are ___ in China |