| 100% | FEDERALEXPRESS | 14 | Former name of a UPS competitor |
| 63% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of a Tanzanian neighbor |
| 62% | SIAM | 4 | Former name of a neighbor of Burma |
| 62% | KIROV | 5 | Former name of a Russian ballet company |
| 62% | MPAA | 4 | Former name of a film-rating org. |
| 61% | CATSCAN | 7 | Former name of a 3D X-ray technique |
| 59% | PIBB | 4 | Mr. __: Former name of a Dr Pepper rival |
| 58% | MADRAS | 6 | Former name of Chennai and a lightweight fabric |
| 57% | BICENTENNIALCENTER | 18 | Former name of a Kansas arena that commemorated a 1976 U.S. anniversary |
| 57% | SCUTARI | 7 | Former name of Uskudar, a district of Istanbul, Turkey |
| 56% | LENINGRAD | 9 | A former name of St. Petersburg |
| 55% | NEET | 4 | Former name for a rival of Nair |
| 54% | ANGOSTURA | 9 | Former name of Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, after which a brand of bitters is named |
| 53% | NEE | 3 | Used with the name of a married woman to identify former family |
| 53% | OMNI | 4 | Name of a former Dodge subcompact, a closed Atlanta arena, and a defunct science magazine |
| 52% | DIXIE | 5 | ___ Chicks (former name of a bluegrass group) |
| 52% | INN | 3 | Hampton ___ (former name of a hotel chain) |
| 51% | SHEA | 4 | Name of a former baseball stadium in Queens that neighbored (and is an anagram of) 9-Across |
| 51% | HESS | 4 | Amerada ___ Corporation (former name of a petroleum giant) |
| 51% | WAL | 3 | ___-mart (former name of a popular retail chain) |
| 51% | MEDI | 4 | Prefix for "care" in the name of a health plan for Americans 65 and up |
| 51% | OILOF | 5 | ___ Olay (former name of a skincare brand): 2 wds. |
| 50% | THEDIXIECHICKS | 14 | Former name of the country trio with a memorable National Anthem performance at the 2003 Super Bowl (3 wds.) |
| 50% | WOODROW | 7 | First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is |
| 48% | NITON | 5 | Former name of radon |
| 48% | BRITISHHONDURAS | 15 | Former name of Belize |
| 48% | CELEBES | 7 | Former name of Sulawesi |
| 48% | EDO | 3 | Former name of Tokyo |
| 48% | SIAM | 4 | Former name of Thailand |
| 48% | FORMOSA | 7 | Former name of Taiwan |