| 100% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language used in Hong Kong |
| 75% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language spoken in Hong Kong |
| 65% | TEARGAS | 7 | Police in Hong Kong used this many times last year |
| 58% | CANTONESE | 9 | Regional language widely spoken in Hong Kong |
| 58% | HUMID | 5 | Like summers in Hong Kong |
| 57% | GERMAN | 6 | Language used in Berlin |
| 57% | THAI | 4 | Language used in Bangkok |
| 56% | MAORI | 5 | Language used in New Zealand |
| 55% | URDU | 4 | Language used in India and Pakistan |
| 55% | LATIN | 5 | Language used in many university mottoes |
| 54% | ENG | 3 | Language used in this crossword, for short |
| 54% | ENG | 3 | Language used in most Hollywood films: Abbr. |
| 54% | ENG | 3 | Language used in this clue, for short |
| 54% | ASL | 3 | Language used in "A Quiet Place," briefly |
| 54% | ASL | 3 | Language used in "A Quiet Place": Abbr. |
| 53% | TAIPAN | 6 | Clavell novel set in Hong Kong |
| 53% | SMOG | 4 | Major visibility problem in Hong Kong |
| 53% | UNRULY | 6 | Like the protests in Hong Kong |
| 53% | CANTONESE | 9 | Official dialect spoken in Hong Kong |
| 53% | BAMBOOPOLES | 11 | Common scaffolding components in Hong Kong |
| 53% | CANTONESE | 9 | Hong kong's language |
| 53% | CHATSPEAK | 9 | Internet language used in online forums |
| 53% | COBOL | 5 | Early programming language used in commerce |
| 52% | ARAMAIC | 7 | Language used in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| 52% | TAIPAN | 6 | 1966 best seller set in Hong Kong |
| 52% | PHOOEY | 6 | Penrod Pooch fights crime in Hong Kong __ |
| 52% | HSBC | 4 | British financial giant founded in Hong Kong |
| 52% | TAIPAN | 6 | James Clavell novel set in Hong Kong |
| 52% | ASL | 3 | Sign language used in the United States |
| 52% | COBOL | 5 | Programming language used in government and banking |