| 100% | LEEWARD | 7 | Group of islands that includes Antigua and Barbuda |
| 55% | CHINESE | 7 | Group of languages that includes Hakka and Mandarin |
| 55% | XMEN | 4 | Group of superheroes that includes Wolverine and Storm: Hyph. |
| 55% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | Group of islands including Jamaica and Barbados |
| 55% | CARIBBEAN | 9 | Group of islands including Jamaica and Trinidad |
| 54% | IVYLEAGUE | 9 | Group of schools that includes Harvard and Yale (2 wds.) |
| 53% | MALAY | 5 | & 6D Group of islands between the Indian and Pacific Oceans that includes the Philippines and New Guinea |
| 52% | ISLESOF | 7 | & 17D Island group southwest of Cornwall that includes St Mary's and Tresco |
| 50% | MALTA | 5 | Country that includes the islands of Gozo and Comino |
| 50% | ITALY | 5 | Country that includes the islands of Sicily and Sardinia |
| 49% | BRATPACK | 8 | Group of 1980s actors that included Rob Lowe and Demi Moore: 2 wds. |
| 48% | NABIS | 5 | Les —, group of French artists that included Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard |
| 48% | AAPI | 4 | Group that includes people of Japanese and Samoan descent: Abbr. |
| 48% | TRISTAN | 7 | & 21A Group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic including Inaccessible and Nightingale |
| 45% | PUBLICIVVV | 10 | Informal group that includes the Universities of California, Michigan and Virginia |
| 44% | ARAB | 4 | ___ world (group of countries that includes Mauritania and Morocco) |
| 44% | TEEN | 4 | ___ Titans (group of superheroes that includes Cyborg and Raven) |
| 44% | CYCLADES | 8 | Group of islands in the Aegean Sea including Anafi |
| 43% | LUMIERES | 8 | Group of 18th-century thinkers that included Voltaire and Rousseau |
| 43% | EAGLE | 5 | ___ Island, island in Antarctica that is volcanic in origin and part of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group |
| 43% | ISLES | 5 | Group of small islands and peninsulas |
| 42% | SPORADES | 8 | Aegean islands that include Skiathos and Skopelos |
| 42% | BEATPOETS | 9 | Group of bards including Ginsberg and Kerouac |
| 42% | ANTILLES | 8 | Group of islands in the Caribbean consisting of the Greater — and Lesser — |
| 42% | ISLES | 5 | British ___ (group of countries that includes Great Britain and Ireland) |
| 42% | SHARKS | 6 | Group of predatory fish including lemon and tiger |
| 42% | ALCOHOL | 7 | Group of drinks including wine, tequila and gin |
| 42% | OAHU | 4 | Island that's northwest of Lanai and Maui |