| 100% | TONKIN | 6 | Gulf of —, body of water separating Hainan Island from mainland Vietnam |
| 51% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from a sea |
| 50% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that separates Africa from Asia: 2 wds. |
| 50% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the sea by a reef |
| 50% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated from the ocean by a reef |
| 48% | BAY | 3 | Type of body of water that separates San Francisco from Oakland |
| 42% | LAGOON | 6 | Body of water separated by a barrier |
| 41% | JURA | 4 | Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of — |
| 41% | LAKEBLED | 8 | Slovenian body of water with ancient island church |
| 40% | VANCOUVER | 9 | Island separated from the Canadian mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Sound |
| 40% | SIAM | 4 | Gulf of ___, body of water next to Viet Nam |
| 40% | LAKETAHOE | 9 | Body of water viewed from Inspiration Point |
| 40% | IRISHSEA | 8 | Body of water viewed from Ardgillan Castle |
| 39% | PERSIAN | 7 | — Gulf, body of water between Iran and Saudi Arabia |
| 39% | REDSEA | 6 | Body of water that separates Africa and Asia |
| 39% | IRISHSEA | 8 | Body of water that separates Britain and Ireland |
| 39% | IRISHSEA | 8 | Body of water that separates England and Ireland |
| 39% | BANDASEA | 8 | Body of water that surrounds the Maluku Islands |
| 39% | ERIE | 4 | Body of water seen from Cleveland Browns Stadium |
| 39% | ARAL | 4 | Body of water once dotted by 1,000 islands |
| 39% | REDSEA | 6 | Communist character, say, from body of water |
| 38% | LAGOON | 6 | Enclosed body of water on a tropical island |
| 38% | TONKIN | 6 | Gulf of ___, next to Hainan island |
| 38% | DEHYDRATION | 11 | Loss of water from body |
| 37% | LAKEBIEL | 8 | Swiss body of water home to St. Peter's Island |
| 37% | HURON | 5 | Lake —, body of water in North America housing Manitoulin Island |
| 37% | CABOT | 5 | — Strait, body of water between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland |
| 37% | YELLOWSEA | 9 | Body of water so named for the silt-ridden discharges from nearby rivers |
| 37% | HURON | 5 | Lake —, body of water in North America that houses Manitoulin Island |
| 37% | LIGURIAN | 8 | — Sea, body of water between the Gulf of Genoa and Corsica |