| 100% | RIODEORO | 8 | Former Spanish Sahara territory that is neither a river nor has any gold |
| 36% | DIDOK | 5 | Had a performance that was neither excellent nor awful: 2 wds. |
| 31% | GUINEA | 6 | ___ pig (animal that is neither a pig nor from Africa) |
| 27% | SOLID | 5 | Matter that is neither liquid nor gas |
| 27% | PAST | 4 | Tense that is neither present nor future |
| 27% | NATURAL | 7 | Musical note that is neither sharp nor flat |
| 27% | BORROWER | 8 | Neither a __ nor a lender be |
| 27% | AQUARIUS | 8 | The air zodiac that is neither Gemini nor Libra |
| 26% | SHADES | 6 | With 40-Across, distinctions that are neither good nor bad... |
| 26% | UMAMI | 5 | Taste that is neither sweet nor salty nor sour nor bitter |
| 26% | OTTER | 5 | A mammal that swims, is found near rivers and has sleek fur |
| 26% | USC | 3 | Sch. that has had a former athlete win at least one gold medal in every summer 18-Across since 1912 |
| 26% | STAGNANT | 8 | Like a river that has stopped moving |
| 26% | RIA | 3 | Inlet that is a submerged former valley |
| 26% | OHIO | 4 | State that was named for a river |
| 25% | NICOLE | 6 | Kidman who is neither a kid nor a man |
| 25% | UNMADE | 6 | A bed that has not been tidied |
| 25% | AARE | 4 | River that loops around a once medieval city believed to have been founded in 1191 by Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen |
| 25% | HENRI | 5 | French name that is an anagram of a German river |
| 25% | CARAT | 5 | A diamond that has one is moderately expensive |
| 25% | GAZPACHO | 8 | A Spanish tomato soup that is served cold |
| 25% | DELTA | 5 | River feature that is also a Greek alphabet |
| 25% | ELAAIUN | 7 | Capital of the former Spanish Sahara; largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara |
| 24% | FTORD | 5 | National monument on Monterey Bay that was a former mil. base |
| 24% | CLUTCHES | 8 | Bags that are held in the hand, not having a strap |
| 24% | STAGED | 6 | A scene that has been faked or set up |
| 24% | ITALIC | 6 | Like a font that has been tilted |
| 24% | TOGA | 4 | Costume that might have been a bedsheet |
| 24% | NILE | 4 | River that once had a tributary called the Khufu Branch |
| 24% | USA | 3 | Country that has Guam as a territory: Abbr. |