| 100% | URDU | 4 | Language which gave us the word "calico" |
| 71% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us the word "whisky" |
| 71% | INUIT | 5 | Language that gave us the word "igloo" |
| 71% | WELSH | 5 | Language that gave us the word "flummery" |
| 71% | OLDIRISH | 8 | Language that gave us the word banshee |
| 69% | FARSI | 5 | Language that gave us the words pajama, magic and talc |
| 66% | ERSE | 4 | Gaelic language that gave us the words spunk and slogan |
| 66% | JAPANESE | 8 | Language that gave us the words heard phonetically in the answers to the starred clues |
| 59% | MAORI | 5 | Language which gave us "kiwi" and "mako" |
| 57% | GREEK | 5 | Alphabet that gave us the word "alphabet" |
| 57% | RUR | 3 | Play that gave us the word "robot" |
| 57% | RUR | 3 | Capek drama that gave us the word "robot" |
| 57% | RUR | 3 | 1921 play that gave us the word "robot" |
| 56% | NIMES | 5 | European textile city that gave us the word "denim" |
| 56% | INCAS | 5 | People who gave us the words "llama" and "quinoa" |
| 55% | LATIN | 5 | Language that gave us the phrase "Mea culpa" |
| 51% | LATIN | 5 | Dead language that gave us the phrase "et cetera" |
| 48% | LAO | 3 | Language in which the majority of words are monosyllabic |
| 47% | CZECH | 5 | Language from which the word robot originates |
| 47% | THAI | 4 | Language from which the word “bong” derives |
| 45% | GERMAN | 6 | Language from which the word blitz has been taken |
| 42% | GAELIC | 6 | Language that gave us "galore" |
| 42% | HINDI | 5 | Language that gave us "pajamas" |
| 42% | MAORI | 5 | Language that gave us "kiwi" |
| 42% | TAMIL | 5 | Language that gave us "catamaran" |
| 42% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us "plaid" |
| 42% | DARINCHINESE | 12 | Language that gave us "kowtow" |
| 42% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us "smithereens" |
| 42% | ERSE | 4 | Language that gave us "bard" |
| 42% | URDU | 4 | Language that gave us "khaki" |