| 100% | DIRESTA | 7 | Paul —, 2011 F1 debutant for Force India in the Australian GP |
| 45% | SUTIL | 5 | Adrian —, German motor racing driver; F1 debutant in the 2007 Australian GP |
| 36% | DIRESTA | 7 | Paul —, Scottish F1 driver with Force India from 2011-13 |
| 30% | RANK | 4 | Position which decides hierarchy in the armed forces, Colonel, for one |
| 30% | BURTI | 5 | Luciano —, motor racing driver; 2000 F1 debutant in the Austrian GP |
| 29% | AGRA | 4 | City in N India famous for the Taj Mahal |
| 29% | WEBBER | 6 | Mark —, Australian F1 driver who won the 2009 German GP |
| 28% | AGRA | 4 | City in Uttar Pradesh, India famous for the Taj Mahal |
| 28% | AGRA | 4 | City in Uttar Pradesh, India, famous for the Taj Mahal |
| 28% | DROID | 5 | BB-8 in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," for one |
| 27% | BASS | 4 | Role for Paul McCartney in the Beatles |
| 27% | GDAY | 4 | Greeting in the Australian outback |
| 27% | BUSHFIRE | 8 | Conflagration in the Australian outback |
| 27% | KARINASMIRNOFF | 14 | "Dancing With the Stars" dancer who posed nude for Playboy in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 27% | DANA | 4 | Actor Delany, who co-wrote a crossword for The New York Times in 2011 |
| 27% | LATE | 4 | "___ in the Evening," 1980 single by Paul Simon which topped several charts worldwide and is known for its drum beat |
| 26% | SEMIS | 5 | Late round in the Australian Open |
| 26% | EMU | 3 | Bird found in the Australian Outback |
| 26% | ORIYA | 5 | What the residents of India's Orissa used to officially converse in, prior to 2011 |
| 26% | JLO | 3 | Nickname for the female singer who became an "American Idol" judge in 2011: 2 wds. |
| 26% | LOT | 3 | What the $116 million shelled out in 2011 for Elizabeth Taylor's jewels got you |
| 26% | ADELE | 5 | Singer whose second album, in 2011, topped the Billboard chart for a record 24 weeks |
| 26% | DDT | 3 | Paul Muller received the Nobel prize in '48 for discovering the high efficiency of this now banned pesticide |
| 26% | BUNYIP | 6 | Beast that lurks in the Australian Outback |
| 26% | EMU | 3 | Bird in the Australian coat of arms |
| 26% | SEPOY | 5 | Native of India in the British army |
| 26% | DRAG | 4 | Term in physics for the retarding force exerted by air or fluid surrounding a moving object |
| 26% | AMATIVE | 7 | In the mood for love |
| 26% | HORNY | 5 | In the mood for love |