| 100% | TNN | 3 | Original name of Spike TV, when it aired country music programming |
| 61% | TNN | 3 | Spike TV's original name, when it featured country music |
| 39% | TUE | 3 | When "Roseanne" aired for most of its original run: Abbr. |
| 39% | LATESHOW | 8 | TV program with its time of day in its name |
| 35% | TNN | 3 | Spike TV's original name |
| 33% | MRPIBB | 6 | Original name of a soft drink that now has "Xtra" in its name: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SANMARINO | 9 | Country named for one of its patrons |
| 32% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 31% | HEE | 3 | "___ Haw" (old country music TV show named for a donkey sound) |
| 31% | FRI | 3 | When "Dallas" aired for most of its run: Abbr. |
| 31% | ATNINE | 6 | When 13-Across aired for most of its run |
| 31% | SWISS | 5 | Cheese named for its country of origin |
| 31% | ONAT | 4 | Original name, in brief, of Transocean Air Lines (1946-60), based in Oakland, California |
| 31% | TUE | 3 | When "NCIS" has aired for most of its run: Abbr. |
| 31% | YUGO | 4 | Bygone car named for its country of origin |
| 30% | LAO | 3 | Language that's the name of an Asian country minus its last letter |
| 30% | BELARUS | 7 | Country whose currency, RUBLES, is almost an anagram of its name |
| 30% | SCOTCH | 6 | Drink whose name derives from its country of origin |
| 30% | REBA | 4 | First name of the singer honored by a 2023 Country Music Corn Maze campaign |
| 30% | LAOS | 4 | Country whose name becomes its language when you drop its last letter |
| 30% | CHINO | 5 | Fabric whose name may derive from its country of origin |
| 29% | SMEAGOL | 7 | Original name of Gollum |
| 29% | GLEE | 4 | TV show whose fandom name is a portmanteau of its title and “geeks” |
| 29% | TAMLA | 5 | Original name of Motown Records |
| 29% | SIMON | 5 | Original name of 17-across |
| 29% | TACOMA | 6 | Original name of Mount Rainier |
| 29% | IRAN | 4 | Country that shares the first three letters of its name with a neighboring country |
| 29% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 29% | LEONES | 6 | African currency whose singular form is part of its country's name |
| 29% | INDIGO | 6 | Rainbow color whose name is derived from the country of its origin |