| 100% | ABYSSINIA | 9 | Kingdom of __, what is now the Ethiopian republic |
| 49% | GASTOWN | 7 | Original name of what is now Vancouver, Canada |
| 49% | INCA | 4 | 1400s-1500s inhabitant of what is now Peru |
| 48% | ENRON | 5 | Onetime sponsor of what is now Minute Maid Park |
| 48% | CEYLON | 6 | Former name of what is now called Sri Lanka |
| 46% | IDEE | 4 | What will the French think of next? |
| 45% | AROD | 4 | Athlete who is now the chairman of Presidente beer, informally |
| 44% | ARTICLE | 7 | What is found at the heart of this clue |
| 44% | KOAN | 4 | What is the sound of one hand clapping?, say |
| 44% | ALEXA | 5 | "___, what is the meaning of life?" (modern query) |
| 44% | TARANTULA | 9 | Name originally used for what is now called the European wolf spider |
| 44% | PTS | 3 | What is tallied at the end of a competition: Abbr. |
| 44% | ARMS | 4 | What are featured in the theme entries of this puzzle |
| 44% | BELARUS | 7 | Minsk is the capital of this landlocked republic |
| 44% | CHANGE | 6 | What metathesiophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | WAR | 3 | What polemology is the study of |
| 44% | MOON | 4 | What Artemis is the goddess of |
| 44% | UVEA | 4 | What the iris is part of |
| 44% | EATING | 6 | What cibophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | MARS | 4 | What areology is the study of |
| 44% | THUNDER | 7 | What Thor is the god of |
| 44% | COMEDY | 6 | What Thalia is the muse of |
| 44% | FEET | 4 | What podophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | DARK | 4 | What nyctophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | SALT | 4 | What halophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | HEAT | 4 | What cold is the absence of |
| 44% | DOGS | 4 | What cynophobia is the fear of |
| 44% | CLOUDS | 6 | What nephology is the study of |
| 44% | AGING | 5 | What gerontology is the study of |
| 44% | TASTE | 5 | What ageusia is the loss of |