| 100% | ERSE | 4 | Gaelic language of Ireland or Scotland |
| 62% | GAEL | 4 | Inhabitant of Ireland or Scotland |
| 49% | ERSE | 4 | Language of Ireland |
| 46% | ERSE | 4 | Ancient language of Ireland |
| 46% | IRISH | 5 | Celtic language of Ireland |
| 45% | ENG | 3 | Official language of Ireland (Abbr.) |
| 43% | JARGON | 6 | Language of particular profession or group |
| 43% | ERSE | 4 | Goidelic language of Scotland |
| 42% | WEXFORD | 7 | Southeast-most county of Ireland, or its seat |
| 41% | BRITISH | 7 | People of England or Scotland |
| 39% | AYMARA | 6 | Language or people of the central Andes |
| 39% | CESS | 4 | Tax, in Scotland or Ireland |
| 39% | TARA | 4 | Old capital of Gaelic Ireland |
| 38% | ERSE | 4 | Scottish or Gaelic language |
| 37% | MACHINE | 7 | Kind of shop or language |
| 37% | IRELAND | 7 | Country of Celtic origin, with the language Gaelic |
| 37% | BASIC | 5 | Fundamental or name of an early computer language |
| 37% | MANDARIN | 8 | Type of orange or Chinese language |
| 37% | HYPERBOLE | 9 | Use of overstatement or exaggerating language |
| 37% | PHRASES | 7 | Sections of text or spoken language |
| 37% | BANTU | 5 | Language family of Swahili or Zulu |
| 36% | UZBEK | 5 | Resident - or language - of a western Asian country |
| 36% | ERSE | 4 | Scottish or Irish Gaelic language |
| 35% | PERTH | 5 | City in Scotland... or the capital city of Western Australia, Australia |
| 34% | CROKE | 5 | & 22D Sports stadium in Dublin, Ireland; home of the Gaelic Athletic Association |
| 34% | UIST | 4 | One of two islands - North or South - of Scotland's Outer Hebrides |
| 33% | FINNAN | 6 | Haddock cured with the smoke of green wood or peat in NE Scotland |
| 33% | FIVEDOLLARWORDS | 15 | Fancy-schmancy language ... or the contents of some special squares in this puzzle |
| 33% | ERSE | 4 | Gaelic language |