| 100% | CIA | 3 | Publisher of the World Factbook, in brief |
| 63% | CIA | 3 | World Factbook publisher, in brief |
| 60% | USSR | 4 | One-sixth of the world's ground surface until 1991, in brief |
| 54% | CIA | 3 | The World Factbook publisher: Abbr. |
| 51% | XER | 3 | Child of the '70s, in brief |
| 51% | ATEST | 5 | Blast of the past, in brief |
| 50% | JSBACH | 6 | Composer of the "Brandenburg Concertos," in brief |
| 50% | GITRACT | 7 | Part of the digestive system, in brief |
| 50% | ACL | 3 | Neighbor of the patellar tendon, in brief |
| 50% | COLOSSEUM | 9 | Wonder of the world located in Rome |
| 50% | MARS | 4 | One of the worlds in "The War of the Worlds" |
| 49% | REES | 4 | Leighton —, inaugural winner of the World Darts Championship in 1978 |
| 49% | DUBAI | 5 | Home of the world's tallest building, completed in 2009 |
| 49% | WASTELAND | 9 | Name of the world in both Fallout and Epic Mickey |
| 49% | BOSTON | 6 | Site of the world's first city marathon in 1897 |
| 49% | CANADA | 6 | Most of the world's lakes are in this country |
| 49% | ALLAH | 5 | "The Lord of the Worlds," in the Quran |
| 49% | ERA | 3 | Unfinished crusade of the 1970s, in brief |
| 49% | ETAL | 4 | And more of the same, in brief |
| 49% | MARKSELBY | 9 | Winner of the World Snooker Championship in 2014, 2016 and 2017 |
| 49% | AMAP | 4 | "You will find ___ of the world in an Atlas": 2 wds. |
| 48% | RAGNAROK | 8 | The destruction of the world in Norse mythology |
| 48% | HOTTUB | 6 | Staple of the house in "The Real World" |
| 48% | WALLST | 6 | Site of the first "Occupy" protests, in brief |
| 48% | XER | 3 | Any of the “Stranger Things” kids, in brief |
| 48% | AXIS | 4 | Opponents of the Allies in World War II |
| 48% | MAUSOLEUM | 9 | Wonder of the Ancient World found in Halicarnassus |
| 48% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Seventh wonder of the world located in India |
| 48% | PEARSON | 7 | Publishers, one of the world's conglomerates |
| 47% | PENHALL | 7 | Bruce —, California-born winner of the World Speedway Championship in 1981 and 1982 |