| 100% | ARACHNID | 8 | Member of a class including ticks and scorpions |
| 49% | HUN | 3 | Member of a warlike nomadic people of Central Asia and Eastern Europe whose leaders included Attila and Bleda |
| 46% | SAMURAI | 7 | Member of a warrior class |
| 45% | SRS | 3 | Members of a graduating class: Abbr. |
| 44% | HUTU | 4 | Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi |
| 44% | TUTSI | 5 | Member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi |
| 43% | HAUSA | 5 | Member of a people of northern Nigeria and nearby regions |
| 43% | HAUSA | 5 | Member of a people of northern Nigeria and surrounding regions |
| 43% | XHOSA | 5 | Member of a Nguni ethnic group that included Nelson Mandela |
| 42% | YAQUI | 5 | Member of a Native American people of Arizona and NW Mexico |
| 42% | EWE | 3 | Member of a West African people of Ghana, Togo and Benin |
| 42% | YAQUI | 5 | Member of a Native American people of Arizona and northwest Mexico |
| 42% | SHIRELLE | 8 | Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group |
| 42% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in southwest Nigeria and Benin |
| 42% | YORUBA | 6 | Member of a people living chiefly in SW Nigeria and Benin |
| 42% | CNIDARIAN | 9 | Member of phylum including corals and jellyfish |
| 41% | SUSU | 4 | Member of a West African people living chiefly in Guinea and Sierra Leone |
| 41% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the W Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 41% | BASQUE | 6 | Member of a people living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain |
| 41% | APACHE | 6 | Member of a Native American people inhabiting the southwestern US and northern Mexico |
| 41% | RANI | 4 | Member of a royal family, and an anagram of 119 Across |
| 41% | CENSOR | 6 | Member of a network's standards and practices department |
| 41% | SHERPA | 6 | Member of a Himalayan people of Tibet and Nepal noted for their mountaineering skills |
| 41% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in north Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 41% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 41% | ASTRO | 5 | Member of a ball club caught stealing signs during the 2017 and '18 seasons |
| 41% | LAPP | 4 | Member of a nomadic people living chiefly in N Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula |
| 41% | FRINGEELEMENTS | 14 | Radical members of a group, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 40% | CYNIC | 5 | Member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers associated with Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope |
| 40% | CATAWBA | 7 | Member of a Native American people of North and South Carolina also known as Iswa |