| 100% | GAELIC | 6 | Origin of "whiskey" and "trousers" |
| 68% | ELS | 3 | Origins of latitude and longitude? |
| 67% | ETAIL | 5 | Origin of net profits and losses |
| 66% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "club" and "gun" |
| 66% | URDU | 4 | Origin of the words "khaki" and "pajama" |
| 66% | FARSI | 5 | Origin of the words "jasmine" and "julep" |
| 66% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "cake" and "egg" |
| 66% | NORSE | 5 | Origin of the words "reindeer" and "husband" |
| 64% | EDEN | 4 | Origin of the Tigris and the Euphrates, in Genesis |
| 62% | ETRE | 4 | Verb origin of suis and sont |
| 59% | RYES | 4 | Types of beers, breads and whiskeys |
| 58% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | Study of origins and history of words |
| 58% | ETYMOLOGY | 9 | The study of word origins and meanings |
| 58% | PANTSUITS | 9 | Women's outfits of trousers and matching jackets |
| 57% | AGE | 3 | Time between distillation and bottling of a whiskey |
| 56% | COSMOLOGY | 9 | Study of the origin and evolution of the universe |
| 55% | DUST | 4 | Biblical symbol of both the origin and conclusion of life |
| 55% | LIEV | 4 | ___ Schreiber, star of "Ray Donovan" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" |
| 53% | MENS | 4 | Section of a department store where you could find trousers and ties |
| 53% | ROBB | 4 | J D —, author of novels Divided in Death and Origin in Death |
| 53% | EPICENTER | 9 | Quake's origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues |
| 53% | STARESINTOSPACE | 15 | *Mission of the Blue Origin rockets carrying William Shatner and Michael Strahan? |
| 52% | SPAGHETTI | 9 | ___ and meatballs, pasta dish of Italian-American origin made using meatballs and tomato sauce |
| 50% | ROOT | 4 | Origin of botany? |
| 50% | EDEN | 4 | Origin of man |
| 50% | ROOT | 4 | Origin of botany |
| 50% | ASIA | 4 | Origin of oranges |
| 50% | ROOT | 4 | Origin of tuber? |
| 50% | WELSH | 5 | Origin of "corgi" |
| 50% | FOCI | 4 | Origins of earthquakes |