| 100% | LEFTBANK | 8 | Historically artistic side of the river in Paris |
| 44% | PERRONET | 8 | Jean-Rodolphe —, 18th-century French architect; designer of the Pont de la Concorde across the River Seine in Paris |
| 44% | ONTARIO | 7 | One side of the Detroit River |
| 43% | LEFT | 4 | Side of the road that people drive on in England |
| 43% | PONTNEUF | 8 | Oldest bridge across the River Seine in Paris |
| 42% | STYX | 4 | River in the fifth circle of hell |
| 42% | SEINE | 5 | River used in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics |
| 42% | RUHR | 4 | River in Germany, a tributary of the Rhine |
| 41% | EVEL | 4 | Name on the side of the Skycycle X-2 rocket used in an attempted jump over the Snake River Canyon |
| 41% | SHOULDER | 8 | Area on each side of the body, holds arms in place |
| 41% | WABASH | 6 | River in the title of Indiana's state song |
| 41% | LACHLAN | 7 | River in SE Australia; main tributary of the Murrumbidgee |
| 41% | SHIRE | 5 | River in Africa; the only outlet of Lake Malawi |
| 41% | STYX | 4 | River of the underworld, in myth |
| 41% | MARNE | 5 | River in France which is a tributary of the Seine |
| 40% | MONTMARTRE | 10 | Hill in Paris; highest point of the city |
| 40% | THESITH | 7 | Masters of the Dark Side in Star Wars |
| 40% | PASHA | 5 | Tributary of the Svir River in NW Russia |
| 40% | IRTYSH | 6 | Main tributary of the Ob River in Russia |
| 40% | STYX | 4 | River of the underworld, in Greek myth |
| 40% | BRENT | 5 | Major tributary of the River Thames rising in the London Borough of Barnet |
| 40% | HUR | 3 | One side of the hyphen in a famous William Wyler movie |
| 40% | EBRO | 4 | River in Spain that flows to the Mediterranean southwest of Tarragona |
| 40% | NOLTE | 5 | Player of the 28-Across in "Jefferson in Paris" |
| 40% | THEJEDI | 7 | __ are masters of the Light Side in Star Wars |
| 40% | RIFF | 4 | Leader of the Jets, in "West Side Story" |
| 40% | ENG | 3 | Side in the War of 1812: Abbr. |
| 40% | WHARFE | 6 | Tributary of the River Ouse in West and North Yorkshire upon which Ilkley stands |
| 39% | VAAL | 4 | River in South Africa that joins the Orange River west of Kimberley |
| 39% | KWAI | 4 | River in the title of the '57 blockbuster that won 7 Oscars |