| 100% | KIRIBATI | 8 | Nation that bought land in Fiji so the populace can emigrate en masse when the country is destroyed by ocean rise |
| 24% | KEYS | 4 | *Lock openers, and things that might land in a junk drawer when the locks are lost |
| 24% | BOMB | 4 | Piece in the game Stratego that can only be defeated by a Miner |
| 23% | ORU | 3 | ISS component that can easily be swapped out in an EVA when the old unit fails |
| 23% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree whose leaves are attached by long flattened stalks so that they quiver in the wind |
| 23% | RUTH | 4 | Book that begins "In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land" |
| 23% | WHOLEHOG | 8 | With 49-Across, Southern cooking tradition that can be described by the transformation happening in this puzzle |
| 23% | BELLAMY | 7 | The ___ Brothers, country music duo that was named Top Country Duo by Billboard in 1982 |
| 22% | ANGOLA | 6 | Luanda's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2016 |
| 22% | CANADA | 6 | Ottawa's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2017 |
| 22% | INDIA | 5 | New Delhi's country that was the host nation for the World Environment Day in 2018 |
| 22% | PHILIPPINES | 11 | Southeast Asian country that was declared an independent nation by the U.S. on July 4th |
| 22% | CAREENS | 7 | Beaches the ship, in old naval parlance, so that maintenance can be carried out below the water line |
| 21% | BANGLADESH | 10 | 1971 charity single by George Harrison that was written to raise awareness for millions of refugees from the country in the title: 2 wds. |
| 21% | UREA | 4 | Substance that showed, in 1828, that something previously produced only as a by-product of life, could be created in the lab |
| 21% | SEAPLANE | 8 | Craft that can land in the water |
| 21% | ASALL | 5 | “___ the world is cheered by the sun, so I by that”: “Richard III” |
| 21% | KEDGE | 5 | Light anchor dropped away from a ship so that the anchor chain can be used to move the ship by hauling |
| 21% | SUREBET | 7 | That the sun will rise in the East, e.g. |
| 21% | IRELAND | 7 | Nation that ceased being part of the UK in 1921 |
| 21% | WIKI | 4 | Online website that is edited by the masses |
| 21% | IRE | 3 | Word for "anger" that becomes a country's name when "land" is added to the end |
| 20% | UNCERTAIN | 9 | City in Harrison County, Texas, that is named so because it was the entry made by residents in the original application for township |
| 20% | MARCHING | 8 | When the saints go __ in, I want to be in that number |
| 20% | MIR | 3 | Space station that landed in the Pacific Ocean in 2001 |
| 20% | HAITI | 5 | Caribbean nation that was devastated by an earthquake in 2010 |
| 20% | PORE | 4 | Part of the skin that can be minimized by foundation |
| 20% | TREADDEPTH | 10 | Tire measurement that can be checked by the "penny test" |
| 20% | EYELIDS | 7 | Parts of the body that can be affected by styes |
| 20% | OBJ | 3 | Anything that can be perceived by the senses, for short |