| 100% | ERSE | 4 | Gaelic language that gave us the words spunk and slogan |
| 65% | FARSI | 5 | Language that gave us the words pajama, magic and talc |
| 58% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us the word "whisky" |
| 58% | INUIT | 5 | Language that gave us the word "igloo" |
| 58% | WELSH | 5 | Language that gave us the word "flummery" |
| 58% | OLDIRISH | 8 | Language that gave us the word banshee |
| 55% | JAPANESE | 8 | Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues |
| 54% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us "spunk" and "slogan" |
| 54% | GAELIC | 6 | Language that gave us slogan and galore |
| 50% | GAELIC | 6 | Language that gave us "hubbub" and "slogan" |
| 48% | LATIN | 5 | Language that gave us the phrase "Mea culpa" |
| 47% | GREEK | 5 | Alphabet that gave us the word "alphabet" |
| 47% | RUR | 3 | Play that gave us the word "robot" |
| 47% | RUR | 3 | Capek drama that gave us the word "robot" |
| 47% | RUR | 3 | 1921 play that gave us the word "robot" |
| 46% | LATIN | 5 | Dead language that gave us the phrase "et cetera" |
| 46% | NIMES | 5 | European textile city that gave us the word "denim" |
| 46% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gave us "guru" and "pundit" |
| 46% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gave us "bungalow" and "guru" |
| 46% | YIDDISH | 7 | Language that gave us "chutzpah" and "mensch" |
| 46% | TAMIL | 5 | Language that gave us "mulligatawny" and "patchouli" |
| 46% | URDU | 4 | Language which gave us the word "calico" |
| 46% | MALAY | 5 | Language that gives us gecko and orangutan |
| 46% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gives us "pajamas" and "shampoo" |
| 46% | MAORI | 5 | Language that gives us "tiki" and "kiwi" |
| 46% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gives us "jungle" and "veranda" |
| 46% | CZECH | 5 | Language that gives us "robot," "polka" and "Pilsner" |
| 45% | MIDDLELOWGERMAN | 15 | Language that gave us ''bulwark'' and ''buckwheat'' [CENTER PART] |
| 45% | DUTCH | 5 | Language that gives us "cookie," "sleigh" and "Santa Claus" |
| 44% | LATIN | 5 | Language that gives us "alma mater" and "alter ego" |