| 100% | SUDAN | 5 | Where Omar al-Bashir was overthrown in 2019 after he had overthrown Sadiq al-Mahdi in 1989 |
| 33% | NOD | 3 | Land of —, region in the Old Testament to which Cain was banished after he had killed Abel |
| 31% | RNY | 3 | Abbr. after Al D'Amato's name when he was in office |
| 28% | EDEN | 4 | Where Columbus thought he had landed in 1498 |
| 27% | ASTERIX | 7 | He is the theme of park north of Paris opened in 1989 |
| 27% | ROCCO | 5 | Baldelli who was AL Manager of the Year in 2019 |
| 27% | BERLIN | 6 | Germany city where a wall was torn down in 1989 |
| 27% | ORR | 3 | He was the first hockey player to have 100 assists in one season |
| 26% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___ (a crater on the Moon has been named after him) |
| 26% | PVT | 3 | Ryan was one in a movie where he gets saved: Abbr. |
| 26% | ACED | 4 | After studying day and night regularly he was sure that he had ___ his exam |
| 26% | PUTIN | 5 | International leader who had a street named after him in Bethlehem in 2012 |
| 26% | FUGU | 4 | Pufferfish used as food in Japan after its poisonous liver has been removed |
| 25% | GORE | 4 | Well-know name in politics who has a Cumberland River fish named after him |
| 25% | MAD | 3 | "___ About You" (1990s Paul Reiser sitcom that will have a limited revival in 2019) |
| 25% | SEATTLE | 7 | "Sleepless in ___," 1993 film named after the city where the Space Needle is located |
| 25% | IMAGE | 5 | "There is this ___ I have of him in my mind..." (mental picture) |
| 25% | AGAP | 4 | "If he had been forgotten, it had been as ___ in our great feast": Lady Macbeth |
| 25% | NOBEL | 5 | Alfred ___, Swedish chemist who is known for inventing dynamite and has an element named after him |
| 24% | SEAOFLOVE | 9 | 1989 Al Pacino movie in which he plays homicide detective Frank Keller: 3 wds. |
| 24% | TUB | 3 | Where President Taft was supposed to have gotten stuck (but he really didn't) |
| 24% | YMCA | 4 | Where there are "many ways to have a good time," in a 1978 hit |
| 24% | BRIE | 4 | Region where Meaux is located that has a cheese named after it |
| 24% | AVALON | 6 | Island paradise in Celtic mythology where King Arthur was taken after death |
| 24% | DIPLO | 5 | DJ who had a hit with Where Are Ü Now in 2015 |
| 24% | FERMI | 5 | Physicist Enrico who was honored by having a length unit of 10-15 meters named after him |
| 24% | BOHR | 4 | Niels ___, Danish physicist who is known for his atomic model and has an element named after him |
| 24% | NERO | 4 | Roman emperor who had three impostors claim to be him after his suicide |
| 24% | FAME | 4 | David Bowie song where he sings "what you like is in the limo" |
| 24% | CANA | 4 | Town in Galilee where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle |