| 100% | ISLAM | 5 | The world's fastest-growing religion, with nearly 350 million new observers in the past decade |
| 38% | ISLAM | 5 | Fastest-growing religion in the world |
| 35% | ISLAM | 5 | World's fastest growing religion |
| 35% | BAMBOO | 6 | The world's fastest growing plant |
| 31% | JAVA | 4 | The world's most populous island, with over 140 million people |
| 31% | JAVA | 4 | The world's most populous island, with over 150 million people |
| 30% | ORINOCO | 7 | River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon |
| 29% | UBOLT | 5 | Item connecting axle to leaf spring, or the world's fastest person, in brief |
| 29% | CHRYSLER | 8 | New York's ___ Building, tallest in the world in 1930 |
| 29% | FALCON | 6 | Peregrine bird that's fastest in the world |
| 29% | ANZAC | 5 | In World War I, a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps |
| 29% | ALLS | 4 | "God's in his heaven - ___ right with the world" |
| 29% | AGO | 3 | A million years ___ (far in the past) |
| 29% | MALL | 4 | The world's largest one is in Chengdu, China (covering 18 million square feet) |
| 29% | BAYONNE | 7 | New Jersey city featured in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" |
| 28% | GUDGE | 5 | Character in Chesterton's "What's Wrong With the World" |
| 28% | CNN | 3 | Channel with the slogan, "The world's news leader": Abbr. |
| 28% | CNN | 3 | Cable channel with the slogan "The World's News Leader" |
| 28% | DISNEYSEA | 9 | Tokyo ___, at the Tokyo Disney Resort, Japan - the fastest theme park in the world to reach 10 million guests |
| 28% | ROGER | 5 | ___ Federer, former World number one tennis player with 6 Men's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a |
| 28% | MARGARETCOURT | 13 | Former World number one tennis player with 11 Women's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROYEMERSON | 10 | Former World number one tennis player with 6 Men's Singles titles in the tournament mentioned in 17a: 2 wds. |
| 28% | EPISODIC | 8 | With a new show in the series each week |
| 28% | AGES | 4 | With 36-Across, in the distant past |
| 28% | TASS | 4 | Fourth-largest news agency in the world |
| 28% | DECAGON | 7 | Month in the past, found new shape |
| 28% | RARE | 4 | Nearly unique in the world |
| 28% | SACHA | 5 | ___ Jafri, British artist who created the world's largest canvas painting that was sold for $62 million in 2021 |
| 28% | NONAGON | 7 | French veto in the past at new figure |
| 28% | BERNARD | 7 | With 23 Across, luxury goods magnate listed by Forbes as the world's wealthiest person in 2023 |