| 100% | BALNIBARBI | 10 | Island of inventors visited by Gulliver |
| 59% | BROBDINGNAG | 11 | *Land of giants visited by Gulliver |
| 58% | LILLIPUT | 8 | Island visited by gulliver |
| 58% | LAPUTA | 6 | Island visited by Gulliver |
| 46% | LILLIPUT | 8 | Land visited by Gulliver |
| 41% | GUAM | 4 | Island visited by Magellan |
| 41% | GALAPAGOS | 9 | Islands visited by Darwin |
| 41% | CEBU | 4 | Island visited by Magellan, 1521 |
| 41% | TAHITI | 6 | Island visited by the Bounty |
| 41% | KAUAI | 5 | Island visited by Captain Cook |
| 40% | ADEN | 4 | Port visited by Polo with ''adorers of Mahommet'' |
| 40% | STATEN | 6 | Island visited by Hudson in 1609 |
| 40% | HOPPING | 7 | Island __; visiting Greek islands by boat |
| 39% | KAUAI | 5 | Island visited by Captain Cook in 1778 |
| 39% | TAHITI | 6 | Island visited by Bligh and the Bounty |
| 39% | CONEY | 5 | "A ___ Island of the Mind" (poetry collection by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) |
| 38% | CASTLE | 6 | Fortified home of nobility visited by tourists |
| 37% | TAIWAN | 6 | Separate island, claimed by Republic of China |
| 37% | SICILY | 6 | Island being "kicked" by the "boot" of Italy |
| 37% | GUTENBERG | 9 | Johannes —, German inventor of printing by movable type |
| 37% | PHUKET | 6 | Largest of Thailand's islands, loved by divers |
| 36% | BASSETERRE | 10 | Capital of St. Kitts, visited regularly by 17-Across |
| 36% | SHIVERMETIMBERS | 15 | Phrase popularized by Long John Silver of "Treasure Island" |
| 36% | ARAL | 4 | Body of water once dotted by 1,000 islands |
| 35% | CATAN | 5 | Fictional island represented by a board made up of hexagons |
| 35% | DEWALT | 6 | Company founded by the inventor of the radial arm saw |
| 35% | IONA | 4 | Island in the Inner Hebrides; site of an abbey founded by St Columba |
| 35% | ALDERNEY | 8 | Island separated from the Cap de la Hague, France, by the Race of — |
| 35% | OKINAWA | 7 | Coral island of Japan administered by the US from 1945-72 |
| 34% | LEYTE | 5 | Eastern Hemisphere island visited by Magellan, 1521 |