| 100% | BASRA | 5 | Iraqi city whose name, appropriately, is an anagram of ARABS |
| 89% | BASRA | 5 | City whose name, appropriately, is an anagram of ARABS |
| 76% | BASRA | 5 | Mideast city whose name, coincidentally, is an anagram of ARABS |
| 74% | BASRA | 5 | Arab city whose name is an anagram of ARABS |
| 66% | BASRA | 5 | City whose name can be anagrammed, appropriately, to ARABS |
| 60% | AGRA | 4 | Indian city whose name is an anagram of some Indian music |
| 60% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city whose name is an anagram of a Pixar fish |
| 59% | STENO | 5 | Worker whose name is, appropriately, an anagram of NOTES |
| 54% | SINATRA | 7 | Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" |
| 54% | ALGORE | 6 | Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER |
| 54% | ALGORE | 6 | Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE |
| 54% | ANT | 3 | Insect whose name is an anagram of 38a |
| 54% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose name is an anagram of "regal" |
| 54% | IRMA | 4 | Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA |
| 54% | ALGERIA | 7 | Country whose name is an anagram of regalia |
| 54% | CANOE | 5 | Boat whose name is an anagram of ocean |
| 54% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet whose name is an anagram of an animal |
| 54% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down |
| 54% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 54% | ALI | 3 | Boxer whose name is an anagram of 38-Across |
| 54% | EROS | 4 | God whose name is an apt anagram of "rose" |
| 54% | VAMPIRE | 7 | Creature whose name is an anagram of 9-Across |
| 54% | ASP | 3 | Serpent whose name is an anagram of 1-Across |
| 54% | SPA | 3 | Business whose name is an anagram of 15-Across |
| 53% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 53% | HERA | 4 | Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's |
| 53% | ARES | 4 | God whose name is an anagram of his sister Ersa |
| 53% | SNES | 4 | Console whose name is an anagram of 21-Across, initially |
| 53% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of another country's capital |
| 53% | SPANDEX | 7 | Stretchy fabric whose name is an anagram of "expands" |