| 100% | ALSTER | 6 | Tributary of the Elbe and two lakes in Hamburg |
| 45% | WHARFE | 6 | Tributary of the River Ouse in West and North Yorkshire upon which Ilkley stands |
| 44% | PLATTE | 6 | — River, tributary of the Missouri in Nebraska, US, upon which Lexington and Fremont stand |
| 44% | HARPER | 6 | Surname of the brothers in Two and a Half Men |
| 44% | SAALE | 5 | Tributary of the Elbe |
| 42% | OSAGE | 5 | — River, tributary of the Missouri River in the US that flows into the Lake of the Ozarks reservoir |
| 42% | LEWYCKA | 7 | Marina —, author of the novels Two Caravans and A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian |
| 41% | ONEGA | 5 | Lake —, body of water in NW Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea |
| 41% | ONEGA | 5 | Lake —, body of water in northwest Russia between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea |
| 40% | WILL | 4 | I was one of the men in "Men in Black" and I'm also father to two singers |
| 40% | LELY | 4 | Peter —, 17th-century painter whose works include Girl with a Parrot and Two Ladies of the Lake Family |
| 40% | BIRDS | 5 | There are two, as the expression goes, in each of 16- and 55-Across |
| 40% | DESSAU | 6 | Town in Germany at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde rivers |
| 39% | PASHA | 5 | Tributary of the Svir River in NW Russia |
| 39% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake —, body of water in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border between California and Nevada, US |
| 39% | HOOGHLY | 7 | Westernmost tributary of the Ganges in Bengal |
| 39% | TDS | 3 | Tom Brady and Matt Ryan each threw two of these in the 2017 Super Bowl: Abbr. |
| 39% | CONORMCGREGOR | 13 | UFC champion in two different weight classes, and the highest-paid athlete of 2021: 2 wds. |
| 39% | XENA | 4 | Princess in the TV episodes "A Tale of Two Muses" and "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire" |
| 39% | CERSEI | 6 | I am Jaime's twin sister and two of my children have sat on the Iron Throne in "Game of Thrones" |
| 38% | IRTYSH | 6 | Main tributary of the Ob River in Russia |
| 38% | ERNE | 4 | Fourth largest lough in Ireland, actually two interconnected lakes, with the town of Enniskillen sitting between them |
| 38% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are Boris Johnson and Nick Hurd |
| 38% | RUISLIP | 7 | Town in the London Borough of Hillingdon whose two current MPs are David Simmonds and Danny Beales |
| 38% | KAMA | 4 | Tributary of the Volga River upon which Perm and Solikamsk stand |
| 38% | STANLEYTUCCI | 12 | Two time Emmy winner for his films "Winchell" and "Monk", who plays the role of Merlin, in 30a : 2 wds. |
| 38% | ORT | 3 | Schloss ___, castle once in the possession of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and located on Traunsee Lake, Austria |
| 38% | ELS | 3 | 24 mile long river and tributary of the Streu in the Rhon Mountains, Bavaria |
| 37% | SHOGI | 5 | Two-player game, popular in Japan, also known as the Game of Generals and played on a 9 x 9 board |
| 37% | WHOTHEHELLKNOWS | 15 | Left tributary of the Vitim River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |