| 100% | ALERO | 5 | Olds that was once in the news |
| 58% | ARAL | 4 | “Sea” that was once the fourth-largest lake in the world |
| 57% | SEARS | 5 | Appliance giant that was once the name of a tower in Chicago |
| 57% | NINEVEH | 7 | Ancient capital that was once the most populous city in the Assyrian empire |
| 56% | ERIE | 4 | New York canal that was built in the 19th century |
| 53% | MARCH | 5 | Month that was the first of the new year in early 3-Down calendars |
| 52% | ANGRY | 5 | "12 ___ Men," 1957 movie that was largely set in one location, the New York County courthouse |
| 51% | ARAMAIC | 7 | Language that some people believe the New Testament was written in |
| 50% | AIMEE | 5 | Singer Mann who was once in the band 'Til Tuesday |
| 50% | DRE | 3 | Dr. ___ (rapper who was once in the group N.W.A.) |
| 49% | AUSTRIA | 7 | Nation that was once the Hapsburg Empire |
| 49% | TURKEY | 6 | Republic that was once the Ottoman Empire |
| 49% | LAGOS | 5 | Nigerian city that was once the capital |
| 49% | TWEET | 5 | One may be quoted in the news |
| 49% | SAABS | 5 | Cars that were once made in Sweden |
| 49% | ORU | 3 | ISS component that can easily be swapped out in an EVA when the old unit fails |
| 49% | SWORN | 5 | The new President is ____ in |
| 49% | OURGANG | 7 | Old group of movie kids that, in a way, the answers to starred clues could be a member of |
| 49% | CDS | 3 | Things that were once commonly stored in towers |
| 49% | PRINCEON | 8 | Notification that the "Purple Rain" rocker is performing right now? (going from a school in New Jersey ...) |
| 48% | YALE | 4 | New Haven school that's the third-oldest university in America |
| 48% | IRAN | 4 | Country that was once ruled by the Ayatollah Khomeini |
| 48% | PERU | 4 | Country that was once home to the Incan Empire |
| 48% | PERU | 4 | Country that was once home to the Inca Empire |
| 48% | MIR | 3 | Space station that was once the largest artificial satellite |
| 48% | CDS | 3 | Audio recordings that were once packaged in longboxes: Abbr. |
| 48% | CAREENS | 7 | Beaches the ship, in old naval parlance, so that maintenance can be carried out below the water line |
| 48% | TOM | 3 | ___ Gola, former New York Knicks player who is among those with the most triple-doubles in NBA history |
| 48% | CHICAGO | 7 | Musical that was elegant in the past |
| 48% | AOL | 3 | ISP that was popular in the 1990s |