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| 72% | DOG | 3 | Animal for which the Canary Islands are named |
| 57% | MOLUCCAS | 8 | Modern name for what were once the Spice Islands |
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| 49% | LEMUR | 5 | Animal whose name is derived from the Latin for "ghosts" |
| 48% | FERRETS | 7 | Animals whose name is derived from the Latin for "little thief" |
| 48% | RHINO | 5 | Animal whose full name is from the Greek for "nose-horned" |
| 48% | DEVIL | 5 | What Beelzebub and The Tempter are both names for |
| 47% | CAMBRIA | 7 | The medieval name for what is now Wales |
| 47% | FOOTBALL | 8 | UK name for what is soccer in the US |
| 47% | PANGOLIN | 8 | Animal whose name is the Malay word for roller |
| 46% | EARTH | 5 | What is the only planet in our solar system not named for a deity? |
| 46% | ADELPHI | 7 | Long Island university named for the Brooklyn street where it was founded |
| 45% | TARANTULA | 9 | Name originally used for what is now called the European wolf spider |
| 45% | OTTO | 4 | What Ove's name was changed to for the American film adaptation of "A Man Called Ove" |
| 45% | ACT | 3 | Anagram of the animal in 23a which is what Ryan Reynolds does for a living |
| 42% | GALAPAGOS | 9 | Islands named for the Spanish word for tortoise |
| 42% | OLDAGE | 6 | What "education is the best provision for," per Aristotle |
| 41% | OILS | 4 | What Palmolive was named for |
| 41% | POUNDCAKE | 9 | What the recipe is for |
| 41% | POE | 3 | Poet for whom the Edgar Awards are named |
| 41% | CYRIL | 5 | Saint for whom the Russian alphabet is named |
| 41% | POE | 3 | Writer for whom the Edgar Award is named |
| 41% | UTE | 3 | Tribe for which the 45th state is named |
| 41% | WASP | 4 | Insect for which the Vespa scooter was named |
| 41% | IONIA | 5 | What a column is named for |
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| 41% | OLDS | 4 | For whom the REO was named |
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