| 100% | SPINEL | 6 | The so-called new birthstone for August as of 2016 |
| 45% | PERIDOT | 7 | One of the birthstones for August |
| 43% | LATIMES | 7 | Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly |
| 42% | AGNESVARDA | 10 | So-called mother of the French New Wave |
| 38% | BILL | 4 | ___ Belichick, head coach of the New England Patriots who holds the Super Bowl record for most wins as head coach |
| 37% | GARNET | 6 | Bright red birthstone for the month of January |
| 36% | TAO | 3 | The so-called "path of virtue" |
| 36% | OMAN | 4 | The so-called "Pearl of Arabia" |
| 36% | CHER | 4 | The so-called "Goddess of Pop" |
| 35% | BALI | 4 | The so-called Island of the Gods |
| 35% | TIBET | 5 | The so-called "roof of the world" |
| 35% | ERTE | 4 | The so-called Father of Art Deco |
| 35% | ERTE | 4 | The so-called "Father of Art Deco" |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | Host of the 2016 Olympics, for short |
| 35% | EPH | 3 | New Testament book called the "Queen of the Epistles": Abbr. |
| 35% | ORLEANS | 7 | New __ is called "The Birthplace of Jazz" in the US |
| 35% | DIMITRI | 7 | New York Philharmonic conductor for most of the fifties, ____ Mitropoulos |
| 35% | HOBBITON | 8 | New Zealand tourist attraction for "Lord of the Rings" fans |
| 35% | LEO | 3 | Where the sun is for most of August |
| 35% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called the morepork |
| 35% | ASTORS | 6 | Family once called the “landlords of New York” |
| 35% | ONEIDA | 6 | The so-called "People of the Standing Stone" |
| 35% | ODESSA | 6 | The so-called "Pearl of the Black Sea" |
| 35% | ALAINLOCKE | 10 | The so-called dean of the Harlem Renaissance |
| 35% | USHERSIN | 8 | Signals the arrival of, as a new era |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Artist regarded as the "Queen of New Age" |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Singer known as the "Queen of New Age" |
| 35% | CITYSTREETS | 11 | Locale for most of the New York Marathon |
| 35% | ARNIE | 5 | Nickname for the new host of "Celebrity Apprentice" |
| 35% | TEPAPA | 6 | __ Tongarewa, Maori for the Museum of New Zealand |