| 100% | MANILA | 6 | Type of folder named for the capital of the Philippines |
| 57% | ANKARA | 6 | Modern name for the capital of ancient Galatia |
| 55% | WILLEMSTAD | 10 | Curaçao capital named for the Prince of Orange |
| 53% | ATOLL | 5 | Type of landform for which the bikini is named |
| 52% | PAPERWASP | 9 | Flying insect named for the type of 17-Across it makes (2 wds.) |
| 52% | MOTH | 4 | Type of insect for which the term "software bug" was named |
| 51% | ATHENA | 6 | Greek goddess for whom the capital of Greece is named |
| 50% | ROMA | 4 | Type of 44-Down named for a capital city |
| 49% | RICKSHAW | 8 | Type of passenger cart whose name derives from the Japanese characters for “man,” “power,” and “vehicle” |
| 49% | COUPE | 5 | Type of car whose name comes from the French word for "cut" |
| 49% | ASCORBIC | 8 | A type of acid, the proper name for vitamin C |
| 48% | MANILA | 6 | Capital of the Philippines |
| 48% | PESO | 4 | Capital of the Philippines |
| 48% | DECKER | 6 | A type of bus or the candy named for it: double __ |
| 48% | CHARLESPONZI | 12 | Con man whose 1920 financial fraud became the type of "scheme" named for him: 2 wds. |
| 47% | PISO | 4 | Tagalog name for the currency in the Philippines |
| 47% | HOTLANTA | 8 | Nickname for the capital of the Peach State |
| 47% | COCCYX | 6 | Medical name for the tailbone of the spine |
| 47% | TORRS | 5 | Pressure units named for the inventor of the barometer |
| 47% | TBONE | 5 | Cut named for the shape of the lumbar vertebra |
| 47% | OCEANIA | 7 | Collective name for the islands of the Pacific Ocean |
| 47% | POLO | 4 | Type of shirt named for a sport |
| 46% | QUEZONCITY | 10 | Former capital of the Philippines |
| 46% | BAGUIO | 6 | Summer capital of the Philippines |
| 46% | ALLSOULS | 8 | College named for the dead of the 100 Years' War |
| 46% | MONDAY | 6 | 24-hour period named for the day of the moon |
| 46% | BELLPEPPER | 10 | North American name for the fruit of the capsicum plant |
| 46% | DIVEBAR | 7 | Type of pub named for its unglamorous appearance |
| 46% | TRIJET | 6 | Type of aircraft named for its three engines |
| 46% | NOVA | 4 | Type of lox named for a Canadian province |