| 100% | AVESTAN | 7 | Old Iranian language used today as the liturgical language of the Zoroastrian faith |
| 34% | IZVESTIA | 8 | Newspaper of today that used the 108-year-old Boris Yefimov, once Stalin's political cartoonist, as its chief illustrator |
| 32% | HEBREW | 6 | Predominant original language of the Old Testament |
| 31% | CSS | 3 | Language used to format the layout of web pages (abbr) |
| 30% | ARAMAIC | 7 | Language used in some of the Dead Sea Scrolls |
| 30% | 2019 | 4 | The year, as of today |
| 30% | SUSA | 4 | Ancient Iranian city that served as the capital of the Elam civilization |
| 29% | IRAN | 4 | The Persian empire as of today |
| 29% | EATSINTO | 8 | Uses up part of, as the next slot on a schedule |
| 29% | SHAHADA | 7 | Pillar of Islam known as the profession of faith |
| 29% | LETTUCE | 7 | Green vegetable used as the base of many salads |
| 29% | MINUTEMAN | 9 | Fighter used as a symbol of the National Guard |
| 29% | ACACIA | 6 | Tree cited in Exodus as the material used for the Ark of the Covenant |
| 29% | ODE | 3 | Type of poem often used as the first word in the poem's title |
| 29% | PANDA | 5 | Animal used as the logo of the World Wildlife Fund |
| 29% | URDU | 4 | One of the two official languages used in Quetta, Balochistan |
| 29% | AGASSI | 6 | Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life" |
| 29% | POTTYMOUTH | 10 | One using crude language ... or one saying the last parts of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 28% | LINSEED | 7 | Seeds of the flax plant used as a source of oil |
| 28% | SAG | 3 | Dip in the middle, as the roof of an old shack |
| 28% | LOOFAH | 6 | Fibrous interior of the dishcloth gourd used as a bath sponge |
| 28% | MASCOT | 6 | A character used as the emblem of a team or side |
| 28% | LARUE | 5 | Lash known for his use of the bullwhip in old Westerns |
| 28% | DISPOSAL | 8 | The power to make use of as one chooses |
| 28% | MORIA | 5 | Underground kingdom known as Khazad-dum that used to be a famed realm of the Dwarves |
| 28% | COUCAL | 6 | Old World bird of the cuckoo family such as the short-toed — or greater — |
| 28% | WELSH | 5 | Language in which "dd" and "ff" are treated as single letters of the alphabet |
| 28% | MAGNIFICAT | 10 | In Christianity, the hymn of the Virgin Mary used as a canticle |
| 28% | RAGNAROK | 8 | Norse mythology upheaval used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |
| 28% | RAGNAROK | 8 | *Norse mythology battle used as the subtitle of a 2017 "Thor" film |