| 100% | MESOPOTAMIA | 11 | Where writing is believed to have been invented |
| 70% | NAPLES | 6 | Where pizza is said to have been invented |
| 68% | INDIA | 5 | Where chess is believed to have originated |
| 68% | ASIA | 4 | Where dogs are believed to have been domesticated 10,000+ years ago |
| 67% | LYDIA | 5 | Ancient Anatolian kingdom where coins are said to have been invented |
| 64% | OMAHA | 5 | Nebraska city where the Reuben is said to have been invented |
| 64% | TAI | 3 | Mai ___, cocktail believed to have been invented at Trader Vic's |
| 64% | LYDIA | 5 | An Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor, where coins are said to have been invented |
| 63% | FORTUNE | 7 | ___ Cookies, a treat that is believed to have been invented in China, but actually came from California |
| 61% | DORITOS | 7 | Brand of tortilla chips believed to have been invented in Mexico, but actually came from California |
| 61% | ALE | 3 | "Lines on ___" (Poe poem believed to have been written in a tavern) |
| 52% | AGORA | 5 | Where Diogenes is said to have sought an honest man |
| 52% | UKRAINE | 7 | Country where borscht is said to have originated |
| 51% | CELTIC | 6 | Irish symbol believed to have been introduced by pagans |
| 51% | 7BC | 3 | Year that Dionysius of Halicarnassus is believed to have died |
| 50% | SEVENHILLSOFROME | 16 | Location where Italy's capital is said to have been founded |
| 49% | SPOKANE | 7 | Northwestern city where Father's Day is said to have been born |
| 49% | CORNDOG | 7 | Fried food said to have been invented at the Texas State Fair |
| 49% | VARANASI | 8 | City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached |
| 49% | EUBOEA | 6 | Greek island believed to have been separated from the mainland by an earthquake |
| 49% | CANA | 4 | Town in Galilee where Jesus is said to have performed his first miracle |
| 48% | ARARAT | 6 | Mountain where Noah's Ark is said to have landed |
| 48% | WORLDSFAIR | 10 | 1904 exposition in 49-Across during which the ice cream cone is said to have been invented (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GINSENG | 7 | Plant of North America and eastern Asia whose root is believed to have stimulant properties |
| 47% | BALTIMOREHARBOR | 15 | Where 24-Across was inspired to write 65-Across |
| 47% | SEEN | 4 | "It has to be ___ to be believed" |
| 47% | SEEN | 4 | "It has to be ___ to be believed." |
| 47% | SEEN | 4 | “It has to be ___ to be believed!” |
| 47% | TUB | 3 | Where President Taft was supposed to have gotten stuck (but he really didn't) |
| 46% | HARRIET | 7 | Did you know that the world's largest 1a was believed to have been lain by the British hen ___ in 2010? |