| 100% | LAS | 3 | The Cuban? |
| 86% | STAR | 4 | The Cuban flag features a white one |
| 85% | CHE | 3 | Guevara in the Cuban Revolution |
| 83% | JFK | 3 | Prez during the Cuban Missile Crisis |
| 81% | LBJ | 3 | V.P. during the Cuban missile crisis |
| 81% | JFK | 3 | President during the Cuban Missile Crisis: Abbr. |
| 81% | CIGARAFICIONADO | 15 | Magazine opposed to the Cuban trade embargo |
| 81% | CHE | 3 | ___ Guevara (major figure in the Cuban Revolution) |
| 81% | MARTI | 5 | Leader in the Cuban War of Independence |
| 81% | MARTI | 5 | The Apostle of Cuban Independence |
| 79% | TAMPA | 5 | Florida city where the Cuban sandwich likely originated |
| 79% | BATISTA | 7 | Leader ousted by Castro during the Cuban Revolution |
| 77% | GROMYKO | 7 | Soviet foreign affairs minister during the Cuban missile crisis |
| 77% | SKA | 3 | Its influences include the Cuban mambo and Jamaican mento |
| 75% | CESARROMERO | 11 | Hollywood star whose grandfather was the Cuban patriot José Martí |
| 75% | CESARROMERO | 11 | Hollywood star whose grandfather was the Cuban patriot Jose Marti |
| 75% | HAVANA | 6 | It's the Cuban capital and a Camila Cabello song |
| 75% | MAVS | 4 | Cuban team in the U.S.? |
| 73% | GITMO | 5 | Cuban base in the news, in brief |
| 73% | ORIENTE | 7 | Cuban province where the Castros were born |
| 72% | OWNER | 5 | Mark Cuban, to the Mavericks |
| 71% | ROASTPORK | 9 | One of the meats in a Cuban sandwich |
| 71% | CELIACRUZ | 9 | Cuban singer known as the Queen of Salsa |
| 69% | RUMBA | 5 | Cuban dance somewhat similar to the samba and mambo |
| 69% | PITBULL | 7 | Cuban-American rapper with the 2014 #1 hit "Timber" |
| 69% | CELIA | 5 | Cuban singer Cruz known as the "Queen of Salsa" |
| 67% | MARTIKA | 7 | Cuban-American singer with the 1989 #1 hit "Toy Soldiers" |
| 67% | CHE | 3 | Cuban revolutionary Guevara who's featured in the musical "Evita" |
| 65% | CAMILACABELLO | 13 | Cuban-American singer with the 2018 #1 hit "Havana": 2 wds. |
| 65% | GLORIAESTEFAN | 13 | "Turn the Beat Around" singer who has Cuban roots: 2 wds. |