| 100% | ABOLISH | 7 | Get rid of, like capital punishment in the Dominican Republic in 1969 |
| 54% | MOCA | 4 | Capital of Espaillat province in the Dominican Republic |
| 52% | MOCA | 4 | Provincial capital in the Dominican Republic (sounds like "mocha") |
| 46% | MOCA | 4 | Provincial capital in the Dominican Republic |
| 45% | PUNT | 4 | Get rid of the ball, in a way |
| 45% | DOMINGO | 7 | Capital of the Dominican Republic: Santo __ |
| 44% | REPAVE | 6 | Get rid of the holes in, maybe |
| 44% | SANTODOMINGO | 12 | Capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic |
| 43% | DEFAT | 5 | Get rid of the oil in cooking, for example |
| 42% | SANTO | 5 | & 14D Capital and chief port of the Dominican Republic |
| 42% | BRNO | 4 | City in the Czech Republic; historical capital of Moravia |
| 41% | SANTO | 5 | The first word in the Dominican Republic's capital |
| 40% | PESO | 4 | Official currency of The Dominican Republic and also some countries in South America |
| 40% | PALAU | 5 | Republic of —, island nation in the western Pacific Ocean; capital Ngerulmud |
| 40% | OSLO | 4 | Capital city that gets as little as six hours of sunlight a day in the winter |
| 40% | SANTO | 5 | ___ Domingo (capital of the Dominican Republic) |
| 40% | BOMA | 4 | Port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; capital of the Belgian Congo until 1926 |
| 40% | PLZEN | 5 | City in the Czech Republic also known as Pilsen; a 2015 European Capital of Culture |
| 39% | ENUGU | 5 | City in southeast Nigeria; capital of the secessionist Republic of Biafra |
| 39% | JUANMARICHAL | 12 | Dominican Republic-born pitcher inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983: 2 wds. |
| 38% | SANTODOMINGO | 12 | Capital city of the Dominican Republic whose baseball stadium is named for Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal (2 wds.) |
| 38% | UFA | 3 | City in Russia; capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan |
| 38% | ABAKAN | 6 | City in Russia; capital of the Republic of Khakassia |
| 38% | DIA | 3 | "Day," in the Dominican Republic |
| 38% | ABOLISHED | 9 | Got rid of, like slavery |
| 38% | PALMCHAT | 8 | Small long-tailed bird in the genus Dulus; national bird of the Dominican Republic |
| 38% | SHED | 4 | Get rid of, like old skin |
| 38% | DELETED | 7 | Got rid of, like spam emails |
| 38% | SHEDS | 5 | Gets rid of, like old skin |
| 37% | PUNTA | 5 | ___ Cana (resort town in the Dominican Republic) |