| 100% | OMAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country bordered by Yemen, and famous for a mixed rice dish named Kabsa |
| 32% | OMAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country ruled by a sultan |
| 32% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country formerly ruled by a shah |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country that was once ruled by a shah |
| 31% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country with a green, white, and red flag |
| 31% | YEMEN | 5 | Middle Eastern country that borders the Red Sea and Arabian Sea |
| 27% | ARAB | 4 | Horse breed named for a Middle Eastern region |
| 27% | URUGUAY | 7 | Country bordered by Argentina and Brazil |
| 27% | LAOS | 4 | Country bordered by Cambodia and China |
| 27% | PERU | 4 | Country bordered by Bolivia and Brazil |
| 26% | VIETNAM | 7 | Country bordered by China, Laos and Cambodia |
| 26% | ANGOLA | 6 | Country bordered by Congo, Zambia and Namibia |
| 26% | GUATEMALA | 9 | Country bordered by Honduras and El Salvador |
| 26% | MONGOLIA | 8 | Country bordered by only Russia and China |
| 26% | ZAMBIA | 6 | Country bordered by Angola, Malawi and Tanzania |
| 26% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country that borders 12-Across |
| 26% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country with a Supreme Leader |
| 26% | THALI | 5 | In Indian cookery, a meal of several small dishes accompanied by rice and bread |
| 26% | IRAQ | 4 | Middle Eastern country where Basra and Mosul are |
| 26% | LEBANON | 7 | Middle Eastern country known for its cedar trees |
| 26% | PILAF | 5 | Middle Eastern rice dish |
| 26% | LATTE | 5 | Coffee drink made by mixing espresso and steamed milk, with a name originating from Italian |
| 26% | WALDORFSALAD | 12 | Fruit and nut dish named for a Manhattan hotel (2 wds.) |
| 26% | OMAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country led by Sultan Qaboos bin Said |
| 26% | SAUDI | 5 | A Middle Eastern country, __ Arabia |
| 25% | IRAN | 4 | Middle Eastern country that signed a nuclear deal in November |
| 25% | TAN | 3 | Black and ___ (colorful name for a mixed drink containing ale and stout) |
| 25% | DARTMOOR | 8 | Devon landscape famous for a hound and a prison |
| 25% | MISORAMEN | 9 | Dish named for a paste it uses |
| 25% | GWU | 3 | D.C. college named for a president and chartered by Congress |