| 100% | ESQ | 3 | The Nissan Juke, sold in China from 2014 as the Infiniti ___ |
| 35% | LTDS | 4 | Ford models sold in the U.S. from 1965-1986 |
| 35% | HONDAODYSSEY | 12 | Five-door minivan once sold in Japan as the LaGreat |
| 34% | SCT | 3 | Intl. charitable org. which aims to save the big cats in China from extinction (abbr.) |
| 34% | ASHEN | 5 | Pale in the face, as from fear |
| 34% | SHOES | 5 | Clothing items sold in boxes, as hinted at by the shaded letters |
| 33% | GUNPOWDER | 9 | Brought from China to Europe in the 13th century |
| 33% | FELIX | 5 | Baumgarten who famously skydived from the stratosphere in 2014 |
| 33% | KUOMINTANG | 10 | Political party in China known as the KMT whose first president was Song Jiaoren |
| 32% | REGENCY | 7 | Period in England from 1811-20 during which the Prince of Wales acted as regent |
| 32% | EMMA | 4 | It dethroned Sophia as the #1 baby girl's name in the U.S. in 2014 |
| 32% | ABE | 3 | National space org. that launched the Túpac Katari 1 satellite in 2013 from Xichang, China (abbr.) |
| 32% | TIGERMOTH | 9 | De Havilland two-seater biplane in service with the RAF from 1932 as a training aircraft |
| 32% | POWERS | 6 | Stefanie —, actress who starred as April Dancer in 1960s US television series The Girl from UNCLE |
| 32% | AXE | 3 | US men's grooming brand known as "Lynx" in the UK, Australia or China |
| 32% | URNS | 4 | At the Jiahu Archeological Site in China, discovered in 1962, 32 of these items from the Peiligang culture have been discovered |
| 31% | KORE | 4 | Moon also known as Jupiter XLIX discovered by a team from the University of Hawaii in 2003 |
| 31% | BAA | 3 | Org. HQed in Chicago from 1941-46 that positioned itself as the governing body for cue sports |
| 31% | NANCHANG | 8 | The city of heroes in China |
| 31% | RORYMCILROY | 11 | Golfer from Northern Ireland who won the Open Championship in 2014: 2 wds. |
| 31% | PERM | 4 | Port in Russia on the Kama River known as Molotov from 1940-62 |
| 31% | ZOESALDANA | 10 | Actress who played Gamora from the planet Zen-Whoberi in 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy": 2 wds. |
| 31% | IAINARMITAGE | 12 | Child actor from "Big Little Lies," who stars as the childhood Sheldon Cooper in "Young Sheldon": 2 wds. |
| 31% | CUT | 3 | The "Lesedi La Rona" was sold as is in 2017 and was then destined to be ___ |
| 31% | WILLARNETT | 10 | Actor cast as Batman in the 2014 animated film "The Lego Movie": 2 wds. |
| 31% | OKIE | 4 | One going west from the Dust Bowl, as depicted in “The Grapes of Wrath” |
| 31% | ALEGUP | 6 | Competitive edge, as illustrated in the answers to starred clues from left to right |
| 30% | SAFRA | 5 | She is an Israeli-American business leader who was appointed as the co-CEO of Oracle Corporation in 2014 |
| 30% | VERSUS | 6 | In contrast to or as the alternative of |
| 30% | RUE | 3 | Girl who's a tribute from the same district as Thresh, in "The Hunger Games" |