| 100% | AEGEUS | 6 | Mythical founder of Athens and namesake of the sea it borders |
| 49% | IRAN | 4 | It borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman |
| 46% | COCOCHANEL | 10 | French fashion designer and namesake of the brand that was founded in 1909 and is known for its perfume No. 5: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IOWA | 4 | The Mississippi and Missouri rivers form parts of its border |
| 40% | RIA | 3 | Long, narrow inlet of the sea coast found especially in SW Ireland and NW Spain |
| 38% | YEMENS | 6 | Nations designated South, bordering the Gulf of Aden and North, bordering Red Sea, from 1970-90 |
| 38% | DJIBOUTI | 8 | Republic of East Africa bordering on the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea |
| 38% | TIDE | 4 | Rise and fall of the sea |
| 38% | TIDES | 5 | Rises and falls of the sea |
| 38% | TIDE | 4 | Rising and falling of the sea |
| 38% | TIDE | 4 | Rise and fall of the seas |
| 37% | BEAT | 4 | Patrol found on the borders of 17-, 34-, 43- and 64-Across |
| 37% | PALK | 4 | ___ strait, strait connecting its namesake bay (India) and the Bay of Bengal |
| 37% | GAR | 3 | Fraternal org. for US Civil War vets founded in 1866 and dissolved with the death of its last member in 1956 |
| 37% | TIDE | 4 | Periodic rise and fall of the sea level |
| 36% | GAL | 3 | Uziel —, designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine gun |
| 36% | JOANS | 5 | The Fair Maid of Kent and namesakes |
| 36% | PEPIN | 5 | — the Short, father of Charlemagne and founder of the Carolingian dynasty |
| 36% | ASIA | 4 | It's west of the Sea of Okhotsk |
| 36% | ODER | 4 | It forms part of the Polish/German border |
| 36% | PANAMA | 6 | It's north and west of the Pacific |
| 36% | TIDAL | 5 | Having to do with the rise and fall of the sea |
| 36% | LEU | 3 | Coin found in Tirasol that has the horn of an aurochs and a female figure of the moon on it |
| 35% | RAPHAEL | 7 | Painter whose “The School of Athens” depicts Plato and Aristotle at its vanishing point |
| 35% | BRUNEI | 6 | It borders the South China Sea |
| 35% | UKR | 3 | It borders the Black Sea: Abbr. |
| 35% | ISR | 3 | It borders the Dead Sea, briefly |
| 35% | PERU | 4 | It borders the state of Amazonas |
| 35% | SHOWMESTATE | 11 | It borders the Land of Lincoln |
| 35% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Father of Isaac and founder of the Hebrew people in the Old Testament |