| 100% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Congo |
| 89% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 81% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 74% | AVEO | 4 | Former name of the Chevrolet Sonic |
| 74% | KIROV | 5 | Former name of the Mariinsky Ballet |
| 74% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the nation Myanmar |
| 73% | MHO | 3 | Former name of the physics unit siemens |
| 73% | NEHI | 4 | Former name of the Royal Crown Company |
| 72% | HEIMLICH | 8 | Former name of the abdominal thrust for choking |
| 72% | BURMA | 5 | Former name of the country now called Myanmar |
| 72% | SPICEISLANDS | 12 | Former name of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia |
| 71% | DECORATIONDAY | 13 | Former name of the observance in 18a: 2 wds. |
| 71% | ZAIRE | 5 | Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
| 71% | SPICE | 5 | — Islands, former name of the Moluccas, Indonesia |
| 69% | EDO | 3 | Former name of Tokyo, the Japanese capital |
| 69% | GMAC | 4 | Former name of the car-financing company Ally Financial Inc., for short |
| 67% | USSR | 4 | Official name of the former Soviet Union |
| 67% | MADRAS | 6 | Former name of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India |
| 66% | AGANA | 5 | Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam |
| 66% | SPENCER | 7 | Diana ___, birth name of the former Princess of Wales |
| 66% | EIRE | 4 | Former name for the Republic of Ireland |
| 66% | BURMA | 5 | Former name for the country of Myanmar |
| 65% | CANTON | 6 | Former name for the Chinese city of Guangzhou |
| 65% | ALAN | 4 | Former head of the Federal Reserve, first name |
| 65% | BOMA | 4 | Capital of the former Belgian Congo |
| 64% | PEKING | 6 | Former romanisation of the name of China's capital |
| 64% | BENEDICT | 8 | Name of 16 popes, inc the former Pope Emeritus |
| 64% | BRUCEJENNER | 11 | Former name of the Olympic decathlon gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 1977 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 63% | THEDIXIECHICKS | 14 | Former name of the country trio with a memorable National Anthem performance at the 2003 Super Bowl (3 wds.) |
| 61% | BARKER | 6 | Last name of Bob, former The Price Is Right host |