| 100% | BIKO | 4 | Steve of South Africa (and the subject of Cry Freedom) |
| 47% | BUTHELEZI | 9 | Mangosouthu —, founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party in South Africa |
| 47% | BOER | 4 | Dutch word for farmer that was applied to European settlers of South Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| 47% | TUT | 3 | King who's the subject of a song by Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons |
| 46% | PIETER | 6 | South Africa's prime minister and apartheid supporter Botha of the '70s and '80s |
| 44% | BIKO | 4 | Steven ___, real-life subject of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom" |
| 43% | PRETORIA | 8 | The executive capital of South Africa |
| 43% | CAPETOWN | 8 | The legislative capital of South Africa |
| 43% | CYRIL | 5 | The fifth president of South Africa, __ Ramaphosa |
| 42% | BOER | 4 | Dutch settler of South Africa in the 18th-19th centuries |
| 42% | PYNCHON | 7 | Thomas —, author of novels Vineland and The Crying of Lot 49 |
| 41% | ROBOTS | 6 | Subject in Aaron Benanav’s “Automation and the Future of Work” |
| 41% | KALAHARI | 8 | — Desert, arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana |
| 41% | HYENA | 5 | Long-legged doglike mammal of south Asia and Africa |
| 41% | TRANSVAAL | 9 | Former region of South Africa settled by the Boers |
| 41% | ICEPLANT | 8 | Succulent such as the Hottentot fig of South Africa |
| 40% | SUFFRAGE | 8 | Subject of the 15th and 19th Amendments |
| 40% | SCI | 3 | Subject with the periodic table and the laws of motion, for short |
| 40% | TEENA | 5 | Brandon who's the subject of "Boys Don't Cry" |
| 40% | JOHANNESBURG | 12 | City in Gauteng, South Africa, housing the University of Witwatersrand |
| 40% | ALANPATON | 9 | South African author of Cry, the Beloved Country |
| 40% | SEX | 3 | Subject of the birds and the bees talk |
| 40% | VOTE | 4 | Subject of the 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments |
| 40% | NELSON | 6 | ___ Mandela, revolutionary who served as the former President of South Africa |
| 39% | CHROMIUM | 8 | Major export of Albania and South Africa |
| 39% | FRANZEN | 7 | Jonathan __; author of Freedom and The Corrections |
| 39% | BIKO | 4 | Steven ___, subject of "Cry Freedom" |
| 39% | THABO | 5 | ___ Mbeki, former politician who served as the second President of South Africa |
| 39% | LAMARR | 6 | Actress and inventor Hedy who is the subject of the documentary “Bombshell” |
| 39% | LANNERFALCON | 12 | Bird of prey found in SE Europe, Africa and the Middle East |