| 100% | AGASSIZ | 7 | Louis —, Switzerland-born geologist; founder in 1859 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University |
| 31% | UDE | 3 | Nigerian born photographer Ike ___, currently part of "Through an African Lens: Sub-Saharan Photography" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston |
| 31% | LYNDON | 6 | Johnson that's the subject of a museum at the University of Texas |
| 29% | ASHMOLEAN | 9 | — Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, establishment founded in 1683 |
| 29% | PLEASE | 6 | The P in PTO, found at the bottom of a page |
| 29% | AKHMENRAH | 9 | Tablet of __; golden slab in Night at the Museum |
| 29% | KINGTUT | 7 | Pharaoh found in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes |
| 28% | LUBUMBASHI | 10 | University city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo founded in 1910 as Elisabethville |
| 28% | ZERMATT | 7 | Mountaineering and ski resort in Valais, Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn |
| 28% | GATORADE | 8 | Beverage developed at the University of Florida in 1965 |
| 27% | SIAM | 4 | Ananda Mahidol became its king at the age of 9, while living in Switzerland |
| 27% | HALLE | 5 | ___ Berry, actress with roles found at the starts of three answers in this puzzle |
| 27% | BEES | 4 | Busy buzzers ... and letters found at the start of every clue in this puzzle |
| 27% | LOCARNO | 7 | Tourist resort in Ticino, Switzerland, at the northern end of Lake Maggiore |
| 26% | PAU | 3 | ___ Gasol, 2002 NBA rookie of the year who enrolled in medical school at the University of Barcelona |
| 26% | CARTILAGE | 9 | Tough flexible tissue found in parts of the body |
| 26% | BANDSTAND | 9 | Rotunda found in parks for the playing of music |
| 26% | USA | 3 | Country that won all three tug of war medals at the 1904 Olympic Games held in St. Louis |
| 26% | MARCHMADNESS | 12 | Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers |
| 26% | LIMA | 4 | Home of the oldest university in the Americas (founded 1551) |
| 26% | BRINGUPTOSPEED | 14 | Loop in, and a hint to the progression found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| 26% | CHANGEOFPACE | 12 | Welcome break in one's routine, or the progression found at the starts of 20-, 33-, and 43-Across |
| 26% | TRICKORTREAT | 12 | What is found divided at the starts and ends of nine answers in this puzzle |
| 25% | FAX | 3 | Machine in the Museum of Obsolete Objects |
| 25% | EAMESCHAIR | 10 | Lounger in the Museum of Modern Art? |
| 25% | PERU | 4 | Home of the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1551) |
| 25% | MORTWALKER | 10 | Cartoonist who founded the Museum of Cartoon Art |
| 25% | SASKATOON | 9 | City in Canada housing the University of Saskatchewan |
| 25% | CHEZ | 4 | At the home of, in French |