| 100% | RAIN | 4 | Parade ruiner... or an anagram of Tehran's country |
| 60% | PURE | 4 | Uncontaminated... or an anagram of Lima's country |
| 60% | MAIL | 4 | Post... or an anagram of Bamako's country |
| 59% | RENTAGAIN | 9 | Lease once more... or an anagram of Buenos Aires's country: 2 wds. |
| 59% | RABIES | 6 | Dog disease... or an anagram of Belgrade's country |
| 59% | PLANE | 5 | Air transport... or an anagram of Kathmandu's country |
| 47% | ELATION | 7 | Great happiness, or an anagram of "toenail" |
| 47% | PAT | 3 | Tap lightly, or an anagram of "tap" |
| 47% | EON | 3 | Time period, or an anagram of one? |
| 47% | YEAS | 4 | Affirmative votes, or an anagram of "ayes" |
| 47% | BEGORRAH | 8 | Irish oath, or an anagram of bah! roger |
| 46% | SHRUB | 5 | Bush - or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter |
| 46% | THUGS | 5 | Toughs ... or an anagram of TOUGHS minus a letter |
| 46% | IRAN | 4 | Country that's an anagram of 49-Across |
| 43% | TAMES | 5 | Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle |
| 43% | KYOTO | 5 | Former world capital that's an anagram of its country's current capital |
| 43% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of another country's capital |
| 42% | LADE | 4 | Stow, as cargo ... or an anagram of the last word of 17-, 35- or 52-Across |
| 42% | LISTEN | 6 | Pay attention... or an apt anagram of "silent" |
| 41% | SLOT | 4 | Parking meter opening... or an apt anagram of "lots" |
| 41% | DEBIT | 5 | ___ card, payment option... or an apt anagram of "bad credit" |
| 39% | ALGERIA | 7 | Country whose name is an anagram of regalia |
| 39% | TABLETS | 7 | Pills or capsules; an anagram of battles |
| 39% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down |
| 38% | JAPAN | 5 | Country whose capital is an anagram of its former capital |
| 38% | HERA | 4 | Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's |
| 37% | CLAMBERS | 8 | Ascends awkwardly, and an anagram of this puzzle's circled word |
| 37% | ALGORE | 6 | His name's an anagram of "gaoler" |
| 37% | KYOTO | 5 | City that's an anagram of "Tokyo" |
| 37% | ASTER | 5 | Flower that's an anagram of "tears" |