| 100% | MAPLE | 5 | Tree whose first four letters are an anagram of another tree |
| 56% | DEGAS | 5 | Painter Edgar whose last name is one letter away from being an anagram of his first name |
| 53% | MALI | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of another country's capital |
| 53% | ORC | 3 | Fantasy creature whose name is an anagram of another fantasy creature |
| 50% | SEGA | 4 | Company whose name, aptly, is an anagram of GAMES minus a letter |
| 50% | VERMONT | 7 | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| 47% | OAK | 3 | Tree whose first two letters are vowels |
| 47% | OREL | 4 | Pitcher Hershiser whose first name is an anagram of 40 Down |
| 46% | URIS | 4 | 20th-century novelist whose first name is an anagram of 66-Down |
| 46% | LADO | 4 | Director Aldo whose first name is an anagram of his last name |
| 46% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band with the song "Chiquitita" whose name is an acronym of the first letters of the members' first names |
| 44% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the song "Bye Bye Bye" whose name is an acronym of the last letters of the members' first names |
| 44% | SINATRA | 7 | Artist whose name is an anagram of "artisan" |
| 44% | ALGORE | 6 | Politico whose name is an anagram of GAOLER |
| 44% | ALGORE | 6 | Notable whose name is an anagram of GALORE |
| 44% | ANT | 3 | Insect whose name is an anagram of 38a |
| 44% | ELGAR | 5 | Composer whose name is an anagram of "regal" |
| 44% | IRMA | 4 | Woman whose name is an anagram of MIRA |
| 44% | ALGERIA | 7 | Country whose name is an anagram of regalia |
| 44% | CANOE | 5 | Boat whose name is an anagram of ocean |
| 44% | ELMO | 4 | Muppet whose name is an anagram of an animal |
| 44% | EIRE | 4 | Country whose name is an anagram of 10-Down |
| 44% | SPANDEX | 7 | Stretchy fabric whose name is an anagram of "expands" |
| 44% | SMETANA | 7 | Composer whose name is an anagram of SANTA + ME |
| 44% | BASRA | 5 | Arab city whose name is an anagram of ARABS |
| 44% | ALI | 3 | Boxer whose name is an anagram of 38-Across |
| 44% | BASRA | 5 | City whose name, appropriately, is an anagram of ARABS |
| 44% | URN | 3 | Decorative vase whose name is an anagram of "run" |
| 44% | BOG | 3 | Swampy locale whose name is an anagram of "gob" |