| 100% | CRETE | 5 | Greek-island setting for the myth of the Minotaur |
| 60% | TORTUGA | 7 | Island setting for "Pirates of the Caribbean" |
| 55% | CRETAN | 6 | Native of the Greek island where the Minotaur lived |
| 53% | PALAU | 5 | Micronesian island that was the setting for a season of "Survivor" |
| 53% | PADUA | 5 | Setting for "The Taming of the Shrew" |
| 52% | UTAH | 4 | Setting for the beginning of "The Book of Mormon" |
| 52% | ABBEY | 5 | Setting for the start of "The Sound of Music" |
| 52% | OESTE | 5 | Setting for the setting of el sol |
| 51% | EDT | 3 | Setting for home games of the O's |
| 51% | CAVERN | 6 | Setting for a Pirates of the Caribbean ride |
| 51% | CRETE | 5 | Island of the Minotaur |
| 50% | SUPERIOR | 8 | Lake ___, setting for "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" |
| 50% | CRETE | 5 | Island home of the Minotaur |
| 50% | EDEN | 4 | Garden setting for the beginning of "Good Omens" |
| 49% | MOOR | 4 | A marshy wasteland, the setting for "The Hound of the Baskervilles" |
| 49% | THANKSGIVINGDAY | 15 | Setting for the starts of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across |
| 49% | OCEANIA | 7 | Collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean |
| 49% | TARA | 4 | Setting for the biggest movie of 1939 |
| 49% | TOMB | 4 | Setting for the very end of "Aida" |
| 49% | ARIADNE | 7 | Princess of the Minotaur myth |
| 48% | SAPPHO | 6 | Greek lyrical poet from the Island of Lesbos |
| 48% | TIBET | 5 | Setting for the novel "The Magician of Lhasa" |
| 48% | TARA | 4 | Setting for the highest-grossing movie of 1939 |
| 48% | SYR | 3 | Setting for 400+ miles of the Euphrates: Abbr. |
| 48% | HOMETOWN | 8 | Setting for the early chapters of a biography |
| 48% | ASIA | 4 | Setting for nearly half of Around the World ... |
| 48% | SKYROS | 6 | Greek island; largest of the Sporades |
| 48% | BELAIR | 6 | Los Angeles setting for the ascension of television's "Fresh Prince" |
| 48% | KALOKAIRI | 9 | Fictional Greek island setting of Mamma Mia! |
| 48% | MOANA | 5 | Movie set on the island of Motunui |