| 100% | MARIMBA | 7 | Instrument whose name is of Bantu origin |
| 61% | LUTE | 4 | Ancient guitar-like instrument whose name is a homophone of "loot" |
| 57% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 57% | INDIGO | 6 | Rainbow color whose name is derived from the country of its origin |
| 54% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument whose name is 75% vowels |
| 51% | OCARINA | 7 | Wind instrument whose name is Italian for "little goose" |
| 49% | SINATRA | 7 | Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" |
| 49% | ALGORE | 6 | Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER |
| 49% | ALGORE | 6 | Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE |
| 49% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is a synonym of "parrot" |
| 49% | ANT | 3 | Insect whose name is an anagram of 38a |
| 49% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose name is an anagram of "regal" |
| 49% | IRMA | 4 | Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA |
| 49% | ALGERIA | 7 | Country whose name is an anagram of regalia |
| 49% | CANOE | 5 | Boat whose name is an anagram of ocean |
| 49% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is a homophone of "Molly" |
| 49% | CEDAR | 5 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "seeder" |
| 49% | YEW | 3 | Tree whose name is a homophone of "you" |
| 48% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument whose name sounds like a rebuke of Obama's dog |
| 48% | ERTE | 4 | Artist whose name is the French pronunciation of "RT" |
| 48% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down |
| 48% | ISLAMABAD | 9 | Capital whose name is Urdu for "place of peace" |
| 48% | KLM | 3 | Airline whose name is consecutive letters of the alphabet |
| 48% | SPANDEX | 7 | Stretchy fabric whose name is an anagram of "expands" |
| 48% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 48% | BASRA | 5 | Arab city whose name is an anagram of ARABS |
| 48% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 48% | STENO | 5 | Worker whose name is, appropriately, an anagram of NOTES |
| 48% | NEHI | 4 | Drink whose name is a homophone of 48-Across |
| 48% | ERA | 3 | Detergent whose name is also a period of time |