| 100% | NORWAY | 6 | This nation's flag was the first at the South Pole |
| 72% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | This Norwegian was the first at the south pole |
| 52% | USA | 3 | This nation's athlete is the first figure skater to land eight quads in a competition |
| 47% | DENMARK | 7 | This country's flag is the oldest in the world |
| 45% | BYRD | 4 | "With ___ at the South Pole," first documentary to win an Oscar (for cinematography) |
| 41% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | Norwegian explorer, the first to the South Pole |
| 41% | TIMES | 5 | Square where the words in this puzzle's dropping balls may be heard at the end of a song's first verse |
| 41% | COLDHOPPERS | 11 | Kangaroos at the South Pole? |
| 40% | BATS | 4 | The fringe-lipped varieties of these central and south American critters are really good at catching frogs |
| 40% | MBA | 3 | The program for obtaining this degree was first established at Harvard in 1908 |
| 40% | ANTARCTIC | 9 | __ survey scientists, work at the South Pole |
| 39% | NOOSE | 5 | This may be at the end of one's rope |
| 39% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | Norwegian explorer Roald, first to the South Pole |
| 39% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | First explorer to reach the South Pole |
| 38% | WHEAT | 5 | Kansas is the nation's leading producer of this crop |
| 38% | WHOSTHERE | 9 | This two-word phrase is the first line in Hamlet |
| 38% | JUMBOJET | 8 | The Boeing 747 was the first with this nickname |
| 37% | MAN | 3 | Adam was the first of this kind |
| 37% | TAB | 3 | Diet cola that's being discontinued at the end of this month |
| 37% | THOUSAND | 8 | This is the first number to have the letter "A" |
| 37% | AMUNDSEN | 8 | Roald __; first explorer to reach the South Pole |
| 37% | BROOKLYN | 8 | Bernie Sanders was captain of the track team at James Madison H. S. in this NY borough |
| 37% | FOOT | 4 | Body part whose parts are aptly found at the bottom of this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 36% | ICECAP | 6 | Permanent covering of frozen snow at the S Pole |
| 36% | DUE | 3 | Rent is this on the first of the month |
| 36% | THROWACURVEBALL | 15 | Candy Cummings was the first pitcher to do this |
| 36% | NORTHPOLE | 9 | Robert Peary was the first to reach this place |
| 36% | TOBACCO | 7 | Rolfe was the first to cultivate this in Virginia |
| 36% | OPS | 3 | Roderick Ross was the first chief constable for this force, established in Canada's capital in 1855 (abbr.) |
| 36% | PROGRESS | 8 | The first step in this is discontent |