| 100% | GIB | 3 | It was ceded to Brit. in the Treaty of Utrecht |
| 49% | UTAH | 4 | The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ratified by the US in March 1848, saw Mexico ceding this territory to the US |
| 48% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 47% | ASHRAM | 6 | In the Mahabharata, it's stated that a youthful Krishna was sent to see Sand?pan? Muni at one of these |
| 46% | BEAUTY | 6 | It's said to be in the eye of the beholder |
| 45% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 45% | OLDSTYLE | 8 | In the way it used to be |
| 44% | HELL | 4 | "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to ___ in his own way": Robert Frost |
| 44% | FATE | 4 | It is said to be written in the stars |
| 44% | URL | 3 | It is seen in the clue to 21 Down |
| 44% | ERR | 3 | It is better to ___ on the side of caution |
| 44% | RID | 3 | "I'll be glad to get ___ of it" ("It's going in the trash") |
| 43% | ANATOLIA | 8 | It was home to two Wonders of the Ancient World |
| 43% | SUE | 3 | Islet in the Torres Strait of only about 4/10 sq. mi. where it may be quite easy to take the inhabitants (about 250) to court |
| 43% | GOD | 3 | What each set of circled letters is, relative to the first word in its answer |
| 43% | GIBRALTAR | 9 | Overseas territory of the UK ceded by Spain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht |
| 42% | SAMOA | 5 | It was split into two parts by the 1899 Treaty of Berlin |
| 42% | POTOFGOLD | 9 | It is said to be hidden at the end of the rainbow |
| 42% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 42% | YOKE | 4 | It is bound to the necks of a pair of oxen, maybe |
| 42% | BEAUTY | 6 | It is in the eye of the beholder |
| 42% | JERUSALEM | 9 | It would be "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord," to Isaiah |
| 42% | OPIUM | 5 | It was finally banned in the USA in the Exclusion Act of 1909 |
| 42% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 42% | HOMEEC | 6 | It was originally meant to be called “oekology,” the science of right living |
| 42% | USDA | 4 | The Forest Service is part of it, in brief |
| 42% | PHSCALE | 7 | 7 is in the middle of it |
| 42% | ANO | 3 | Julio is in the middle of it |
| 41% | KANSAS | 6 | The geographic center of the 48 states is in it |
| 41% | CANADA | 6 | It was invaded in the War of 1812 |