| 100% | RENTAGAIN | 9 | Lease once more... or an anagram of Buenos Aires's country: 2 wds. |
| 43% | PURE | 4 | Uncontaminated... or an anagram of Lima's country |
| 43% | MAIL | 4 | Post... or an anagram of Bamako's country |
| 43% | RABIES | 6 | Dog disease... or an anagram of Belgrade's country |
| 43% | RAIN | 4 | Parade ruiner... or an anagram of Tehran's country |
| 43% | PLANE | 5 | Air transport... or an anagram of Kathmandu's country |
| 37% | BRITNEYSPEARS | 13 | Pop singer whose name is an anagram of the word "Presbyterians": 2 wds. |
| 36% | MEGRYAN | 7 | Actress whose name is an anagram of the word "Germany": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ALGREEN | 7 | Singer whose name is an anagram of the word "general": 2 wds. |
| 36% | EDASNER | 7 | Actor whose name is an anagram of the word "endears": 2 wds. |
| 35% | STANLEE | 7 | Comic book legend whose name is an anagram of the word "leanest": 2 wds. |
| 35% | SALVADORDALI | 12 | Surrealist painter once disparagingly called "Avida Dollars," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock singer who referred to himself as "Mr. Mojo Risin'," an anagram of his name: 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOA | 3 | Start of many an ode's title: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ELATION | 7 | Great happiness, or an anagram of "toenail" |
| 33% | PAT | 3 | Tap lightly, or an anagram of "tap" |
| 33% | EON | 3 | Time period, or an anagram of one? |
| 33% | YEAS | 4 | Affirmative votes, or an anagram of "ayes" |
| 32% | BEGORRAH | 8 | Irish oath, or an anagram of bah! roger |
| 32% | LIRA | 4 | Money that's an anagram of 2-Down |
| 32% | SHRUB | 5 | Bush - or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter |
| 32% | THUGS | 5 | Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Country that's an anagram of 49-Across |
| 30% | ASCOT | 5 | Neckwear that's an anagram of 4-Across, 7-Across and 2-Down |
| 30% | GABBYDOUGLAS | 12 | American gymnast who won the individual all-around gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics (her last name, amazingly, is an anagram of "USA GOLD"): 2 wds. |
| 30% | TAMES | 5 | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| 30% | ALOT | 4 | Too much or plentiful: 2 wds. |
| 30% | KYOTO | 5 | Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital |
| 30% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of another country's capital |
| 29% | ORELSE | 6 | End of many an ultimatum (2 wds.) |