| 100% | SAHARA | 6 | Where the Marathon des Sables (“Marathon of the Sands”) is run |
| 45% | RIO | 3 | ___ de Janeiro (where the final World Cup match of 2014 will be played) |
| 44% | ONAUTO | 6 | Running by itself, and where the first words of 17-, 35-, 42- and 64-Across can be placed |
| 43% | PARIS | 5 | Where the Arc de Triomphe is |
| 43% | MELOS | 5 | English name of the Greek island in the SW Aegean Sea where the Venus de Milo was found |
| 42% | EASTERISLAND | 12 | Where heads of the Pacific are found? |
| 42% | NEWZEALAND | 10 | Where the entirety of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed |
| 42% | LEO | 3 | Where the sun is for most of August |
| 42% | IRISHMAN | 8 | "The ___," 2019 movie where the characters of De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci's younger selves were featured using digital de-ageing |
| 41% | EPSOM | 5 | Where The Oaks is run |
| 41% | ITALY | 5 | Where the 459 arches of the Aqueduct of Nottolini are |
| 41% | GROUPERSTOWN | 12 | Where the Fish-Pun Hall of Fame is? |
| 41% | LARAMIE | 7 | Where the University of Wyoming is |
| 41% | CUBA | 4 | Where the Bay of Pigs is |
| 40% | EDEN | 4 | Where the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was |
| 40% | STRIP | 5 | The ___ (road in Las Vegas where most of the casinos are) |
| 40% | IOWA | 4 | Where much of "Children of the Corn" was filmed |
| 40% | UTAH | 4 | State where over half of the residents are Mormon |
| 40% | ZEALAND | 7 | New __, place where Lord of the Rings was shot |
| 40% | LOUVRE | 6 | Where the Code of Hammurabi is displayed |
| 40% | PANCREAS | 8 | Where the islets of Langerhans are located |
| 40% | ARLINGTON | 9 | Where the star of 2009's "The Proposal" was born |
| 40% | SOSA | 4 | Sammy who was half of the 1998 home run rivalry |
| 40% | ZENGARDEN | 9 | Where lines may be drawn in the sand |
| 40% | SENDAK | 6 | The author of Where The Wild Things Are |
| 40% | PARIS | 5 | City where "Phantom of the Opera" is set |
| 40% | CATHEDRAL | 9 | Where the seat of a bishop is found |
| 40% | BETHESDA | 8 | Where the National Institutes of Health is headquartered |
| 40% | KYOTO | 5 | Where the Ryozen Museum of History is located |
| 40% | GOA | 3 | Where the Basilica of Bom Jesus is located |