| 100% | NEMO | 4 | Seaman whose last words were "God and my country!" |
| 45% | HEINE | 5 | Poet whose last words were "Of course [God] will forgive me; that's his business" |
| 45% | REVELATION | 10 | Book whose last word is "Amen" |
| 45% | KANE | 4 | Film character whose last word was "Rosebud" |
| 45% | HEREKITTY | 9 | Summons whose last word is often repeated |
| 44% | ROMEO | 5 | Whose last words are "Thus with a kiss I die" |
| 44% | KANE | 4 | Classic film "Citizen" whose last word is "Rosebud" |
| 43% | KURTZ | 5 | Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" |
| 43% | KANE | 4 | Charles Foster ___ (classic film character whose last word was “Rosebud”) |
| 42% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" |
| 41% | IDO | 3 | Last words before being pronounced husband and wife |
| 40% | PEZ | 3 | Tablet-shaped candy whose name was derived from the first, middle, and last letters in the German word for peppermint |
| 39% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose last letters are hidden in "Tehran" |
| 38% | IBELIEVEICANFLY | 15 | R. Kelly hit whose last title word is aptly rhymed with "sky" in the lyrics ... and a hint to the starts of the other four longest puzzle answers |
| 38% | INDONESIA | 9 | Country whose capital and largest city is Jakarta |
| 38% | MALAWI | 6 | Country whose capital and largest city is Lilongwe |
| 38% | USA | 3 | Country whose flag is the Stars and Stripes: Abbr. |
| 37% | DRESSINGS | 9 | What the last words in 16-, 22-, 36- and 48-Across are |
| 37% | SAMOA | 5 | Country whose two main islands are Savai'i and Upolu |
| 37% | USA | 3 | Country whose flag is called the Stars and Stripes: Abbr. |
| 37% | IRAQ | 4 | Country whose official languages are Arabic and Kurdish |
| 37% | CHAD | 4 | Country whose official languages are French and Arabic |
| 37% | POOR | 4 | Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose last Top 40 hit was "When All Is Said and Done" |
| 37% | BURRITOFILLINGS | 15 | What the last words of 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across might be |
| 37% | THOR | 4 | God whose chariot is pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr |
| 37% | GUATEMALA | 9 | Country whose national bird and national currency are both the quetzal |
| 37% | ELIJAH | 6 | Biblical prophet whose name means "Yahweh is my God" |
| 36% | LEONE | 5 | Second word of a country whose capital is Freetown |
| 36% | IAGO | 4 | Shakespeare villain whose last words are "Demand me nothing; what you know, you know. / From this time forth I never will speak word." |