| 100% | SENEGAL | 7 | Western-African country whose capital is Dakar, which lent its name to a popular rally |
| 52% | SYRIA | 5 | Country whose capital lent its name to a fabric |
| 45% | SENEGAL | 7 | African country whose capital is Dakar |
| 45% | MALI | 4 | Western African country whose capital is Bamako |
| 43% | PUMA | 4 | Panther relative which lends its name to a sportswear brand |
| 42% | LONG | 4 | ___ Island, island in New York State that lends its name to a popular cocktail |
| 41% | IWALKTHELINE | 12 | First #1 hit for 17-Across, which lent its name to a 2005 biopic: 4 wds. |
| 40% | CONGO | 5 | River that lent its name to two African countries |
| 40% | CABBAGEPATCHKID | 15 | Doll at the center of 1983's Black Friday craze that eventually lent its name to a popular dance |
| 39% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name becomes that of a currency when its second letter is doubled and its last two letters are moved to the front |
| 39% | LEBARON | 7 | Chrysler model whose name becomes that of a country when its fifth letter is changed to an n |
| 38% | SAMOA | 5 | Polynesian country that lends its name to a Girl Scout cookie |
| 38% | SENEGAL | 7 | Country whose capital is Dakar |
| 37% | KENYA | 5 | African country whose capital is Nairobi |
| 37% | EGYPT | 5 | African country whose capital is Cairo |
| 37% | ANGOLA | 6 | African country whose capital is Luanda |
| 37% | SUDAN | 5 | African country whose capital is Khartoum |
| 37% | GHANA | 5 | African country whose capital is Accra |
| 37% | RWANDA | 6 | African country whose capital is Kigali |
| 37% | NAMIBIA | 7 | African country whose capital is Windhoek |
| 37% | NIGERIA | 7 | African country whose capital is Abuja |
| 37% | LIBYA | 5 | African country whose capital is Tripoli |
| 37% | ZIMBABWE | 8 | African country whose capital is Harare |
| 37% | ETHIOPIA | 8 | African country whose capital is Addis Ababa |
| 37% | CHAD | 4 | African country whose capital is N'Djamena |
| 37% | BENIN | 5 | African country whose capital is Porto-Novo |
| 37% | TOGO | 4 | West African country which used to be a French colony |
| 37% | VESPA | 5 | Insect related to a hornet that lends its name to a popular scooter |
| 37% | HAITI | 5 | Country whose name anagrams to an island when its fourth letter is doubled |
| 36% | MALI | 4 | West African country whose capital is Bamako |