| 100% | ABRAHAM | 7 | Prophet believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 48% | ISAAC | 5 | Biblical figure with a tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs |
| 48% | HAPPILYEVERAFT | 14 | Always glad to be seated in the back of the boat? |
| 44% | BETHLEHEM | 9 | Believed to be the birthplace of Jesus |
| 44% | HORATIO | 7 | To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" |
| 43% | MARATSA{FIN} | 12 | First Russian to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 43% | GIB | 3 | It was ceded to Brit. in the Treaty of Utrecht |
| 43% | ISAAC | 5 | His burial place is said to be in Israel's Cave of Machpelah |
| 43% | IVANI | 5 | Person who built the first stone Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow and was also the first person to be buried there |
| 42% | PYGMYSHREW | 10 | The American ___, a creature believed to be the second smallest mammal in the world: 2 wds. |
| 42% | GOOD | 4 | ___ & Plenty, licorice candy brand believed to be the oldest branded candy in the US |
| 42% | AUROCHS | 7 | Extinct member of the cattle tribe also called urus, the last specimen of which is believed to have died in Poland in 1627 |
| 42% | ISIS | 4 | Goddess believed to be the divine mother of the pharaoh |
| 42% | OLYMPUS | 7 | Mountain in Greece, thought to be home of the gods |
| 42% | OREGON | 6 | State revealed to be home of The Simpsons in 2012 |
| 42% | JERUSALEM | 9 | It would be "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord," to Isaiah |
| 42% | ORYX | 4 | Animal some believe to be the source of the unicorn myth |
| 41% | ENVIES | 6 | Wishes to be in the shoes of |
| 41% | USN | 3 | JFK was the first president to have served in this branch of the US Armed Forces |
| 41% | FLESH | 5 | "I, to you, am lost in the gorgeous errors of ___": Sylvia Plath |
| 41% | GANDHI | 6 | Who said "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" |
| 41% | KAUAI | 5 | Hawaiian island that is home to Waimea Canyon which was used in the filming of "Jurassic Park" |
| 41% | PRESIDENTSDAY | 13 | February occasion, some of whose honorees can be found in the answers to the five starred clues |
| 41% | TERRIERMIX | 10 | Hybrid dog breed, literal examples of which can be found in the answers to the starred clues |
| 41% | AMANITA | 7 | Psychedelic mushroom whose color and role in Nordic shamanic rituals is believed by some to be the source of Santa Claus’s red-and-white suit |
| 41% | GUANACO | 7 | Mammal of South America believed to be an ancestor of the domestic llama |
| 41% | OCEAN | 5 | One is believed to lie beneath the icy crust of Saturn's Enceladus |
| 41% | PIG | 3 | Farm animal considered to be one of the smartest mammals in the world |
| 41% | ATE | 3 | Verb in the answer to the riddle "Why is 6 afraid of 7?" |
| 41% | ATE | 3 | Verb in the answer to the riddle "Why was 6 afraid of 7?" |