| 100% | RUSSIA | 6 | Eurasian country which has the highest forest cover with 2,997,157 square miles of area |
| 36% | CHINA | 5 | East Asian country which has the highest number of Internet users in the world |
| 34% | BRAZIL | 6 | South American country which is the most forested country in terms of actual forest area covered by forest at 56.1% |
| 34% | INDIA | 5 | South Asian country which has the second highest number of Internet users in the world |
| 33% | VENEZUELA | 9 | Country which has the highest waterfall |
| 30% | LUKECOMBS | 9 | Country singer who had a 2023 hit with his cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car": 2 wds. |
| 29% | EMERALDCITY | 11 | Nickname of Seattle that has a reference to the lush green forest of the area: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ROUTESIXTYSIX | 13 | Theme of this puzzle, which winds its way nearly 2,500 miles through all the shaded squares herein |
| 29% | MARTINBRODEUR | 13 | Former New Jersey Devils' goaltender who has the highest number of wins with 691 wins and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018: 2 wds. |
| 29% | OMEN | 4 | Film for which Gregory Peck had the highest-paid performance of his career, with "The" |
| 28% | CANADA | 6 | Country which has been given the title of "the most educated country in the world" |
| 27% | INDIA | 5 | Country with the highest percentage of vegetarians |
| 27% | HUMAN | 5 | With 2-Down, it has roughly tripled in size since the time of australopithecines |
| 27% | QUADRATIC | 9 | Equation with highest power of 2 (sounds square) |
| 25% | SURELYANARTFORM | 15 | End of the musing, which could simply have been the shaded squares |
| 25% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | "Red High Heels" country singer who won with partner Derek Hough on season 16 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 25% | THEPRINCESS | 11 | With 26-Across, Anne Hathaway comedy that involves the fictional country of Genovia: 2 wds. |
| 25% | IDA | 3 | State with the highest % of land held by the Forest Service |
| 24% | GALWAY | 6 | "___ Girl," song by English singer Ed Sheeran which has the name of an Irish city in its title that is home to Eyre Square |
| 24% | ASIA | 4 | 17+ million square miles of the earth |
| 24% | UDO | 3 | Islet popular with tourists, located 2 miles off the east coast of Jeju Island, South Korea |
| 24% | THEPINK | 7 | With 50-Across, comedy film series in which Peter Sellers originated the role of a bumbling detective: 2 wds. |
| 24% | NICKYHILTON | 11 | Socialite who now has two daughters under the age of 2 with husband James Rothschild: 2 wds. |
| 24% | BENIN | 5 | Country with a 75-mile coast along the Gulf of Guinea |
| 23% | BOSTONSOCIETY | 13 | ___ of Film Critics Award, presented by the organization of the same name, which Nicholson has won four times: 2 wds. |
| 23% | ROO | 3 | “In Which Kanga and Baby ___ Come to the Forest, and Piglet Has a Bath” (chapter of “Winnie-the-Pooh”) |
| 23% | JIMBOEHEIM | 10 | College basketball coach who has won 946 games with the Syracuse Orange as of 3/20/19: 2 wds. |
| 23% | DOT | 3 | With 2-Down, end of the Gettysburg address? |
| 23% | FORMULAONE | 10 | A sport that is the highest class of single seat auto racing, with former racers such as Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher: 2 wds |
| 23% | TUNGSTEN | 8 | It has the highest melting and boiling points of any element |