| 100% | SIAM | 4 | Gulf of ___, body of water next to Viet Nam |
| 66% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water next to Antarctica |
| 64% | LAGOONS | 7 | Shallow bodies of water next to coral reefs |
| 58% | LAKESIDE | 8 | Next to a body of water |
| 57% | MARACAIBO | 9 | Lake —, body of water connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by the Tablazo Strait |
| 53% | ADEN | 4 | Gulf of ___ (body of water connected to the Red Sea by the Bab el-Mandeb) |
| 52% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water similar to a bay |
| 49% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Large body of water adjacent to Buffalo: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ESPOO | 5 | Gulf of Finland city, next to Helsinki |
| 49% | AEGEANSEA | 9 | Body of water said to be named for a king of Athens |
| 49% | LAKEBIEL | 8 | Swiss body of water home to St. Peter's Island |
| 49% | PERSIAN | 7 | — Gulf, body of water between Iran and Saudi Arabia |
| 48% | TONKIN | 6 | Gulf of —, body of water separating Hainan Island from mainland Vietnam |
| 48% | WHITESEA | 8 | Body of water connected by canal to the Baltic |
| 48% | URE | 3 | Certain to miss first body of water |
| 48% | LAKEERIE | 8 | Body of water home to Middle Island, the southernmost point of land in Canada |
| 47% | TONKIN | 6 | Gulf of ___, next to Hainan island |
| 47% | CLIFFS | 6 | Landforms that steeply drop down to body of water |
| 47% | LAKELIKE | 8 | Similar to a body of water surrounded by land |
| 47% | LAKESIDE | 8 | Next to a large pool of water |
| 46% | ONEIDALAKE | 10 | Body of water belatedly added to the course of the Erie Canal |
| 46% | HARDSEA | 7 | Body of water that's difficult to cross? (start of 18-Across) |
| 46% | SEA | 3 | A massive body of water which is home to waves |
| 46% | MUDPOOLS | 8 | Bodies of dirty water linked to volcanic springs |
| 46% | BALTIC | 6 | — Sea, body of water connected to the North Sea by the Skaggerak, Kattegat and Oresund |
| 46% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that was parted by Moses, according to Exodus: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROSSSEA | 7 | Body of water that's home to the world's largest marine reserve |
| 45% | LIGURIAN | 8 | — Sea, body of water between the Gulf of Genoa and Corsica |
| 45% | ARABIANSEA | 10 | Body of water that includes the Gulf of Aden and the Gulf of Oman |
| 45% | ILIUM | 5 | Part of the body next to the sacrum |