| 100% | MAKE | 4 | When repeated, the creator of humanity in the Rapa Nui mythology of Easter Island |
| 44% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, it's the name of an island group in Thailand |
| 44% | IZANAGI | 7 | Creator god of the islands in Japanese mythology |
| 40% | BORA | 4 | When repeated, one of the Society Islands |
| 40% | BORA | 4 | When repeated, one of the Leeward Islands |
| 38% | SAMEOLD | 7 | When repeated, not much in the way of news |
| 36% | PELE | 4 | Goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of Hawaii's islands according to Hawaiian mythology |
| 36% | LEAR | 4 | Creator of "All in the Family" |
| 36% | RIOTER | 6 | Creator of mayhem in the streets |
| 36% | TAPATI | 6 | ___ Rapa Nui, annual festival celebrated on the Easter Island that ends with a coronation |
| 35% | TONGUETWISTER | 13 | The starts of 20-, 29-, 36- and 46-Across, e.g., when repeated quickly in order |
| 35% | BEAGLE | 6 | Island in the Antarctic's Danger Islands that is appropriately just to north east of Darwin Island |
| 34% | SULPA | 5 | Island off the coast of Cebu in the Philippines |
| 34% | ETC | 3 | When repeated, king of Siam's refrain in "The King and I" |
| 34% | AEGINA | 6 | Island of Greece in the Saronic Gulf south of Salamis |
| 34% | CALYPSO | 7 | Sea nymph in Greek mythology who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia |
| 33% | NOM | 3 | When repeated, the sound of happy chewing |
| 33% | BRAHMA | 6 | The creator of the universe in Hinduism |
| 33% | ARES | 4 | The God of War in Greek mythology |
| 33% | PHOBETOR | 8 | The bringer of nightmares in classical mythology |
| 33% | BEEP | 4 | When repeated, "Out of the way!" |
| 33% | ZSA | 3 | When repeated, one of the Gabors |
| 33% | DEE | 3 | When repeated, one of the Ramones |
| 33% | ZEN | 3 | Kind of state in the East |
| 33% | DEE | 3 | When repeated, Dexter's troublesome sister in the cartoons |
| 32% | PHI | 3 | When repeated, an island group in Thailand |
| 32% | LAA | 3 | When repeated twice, one of the Teletubbies |
| 32% | ZSA | 3 | When repeated, one of the Gabor sisters |
| 32% | LAA | 3 | When repeated, a member of the Teletubbies |
| 32% | RIAL | 4 | Unit of currency in the Middle East |