| 100% | PORT | 4 | Wine whose name is the first half of its country of origin |
| 61% | INDIGO | 6 | Rainbow color whose name is derived from the country of its origin |
| 58% | OZMA | 4 | Literary princess whose kingdom is the first half of her name |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | Group whose name combines the first letters of its members' names |
| 51% | LIMELIGHT | 9 | 1952 film starring Charlie Chaplin...the first half of whose name is the key citrus fruit in 14a |
| 48% | TUNIS | 5 | World capital whose name can be formed by removing letters from the end of its country's name |
| 47% | RIPTORN | 7 | Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name |
| 47% | INDIA | 5 | Country whose name is part of the NATO phonetic alphabet |
| 46% | 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 |
| 46% | TRE | 3 | Italian number whose letters are the first, third and fifth letters of its English equivalent |
| 46% | KRIS | 4 | Singer whose first name is the first four letters of his last name |
| 46% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose name derives from the initials of its members' first names |
| 46% | ARKANSAS | 8 | State whose name is its own abbreviation plus the name of another state |
| 46% | BELARUS | 7 | Country whose currency, RUBLES, is almost an anagram of its name |
| 46% | SCOTCH | 6 | Drink whose name derives from its country of origin |
| 45% | ABBA | 4 | Quartet whose name is an acronym of its members' first names |
| 45% | LEONES | 6 | African currency whose singular form is part of its country's name |
| 45% | OLYMPIADUKAKIS | 14 | "Moonstruck" actress whose first name is the capital of Washington: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ICE | 3 | Vanilla ___, "Get Wit' It" rapper whose name is reminiscent of the cold |
| 45% | BRICS | 5 | Group of countries once expected to drive twenty-first-century economic growth, whose name is an acronym of its five members |
| 45% | PET | 3 | Creature whose name is one letter off from the type of doctor who takes care of it |
| 45% | PARISHILTON | 11 | "The Simple Life" star whose first name is the capital of France: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop group whose name is formed from the initials of its members |
| 44% | TOPEKA | 6 | Capital whose last two letters are the first two letters of its state |
| 44% | VERMONT | 7 | State whose last four letters are the first four letters of its capital |
| 44% | SOFIAVERGARA | 12 | "Modern Family" star whose first name is the capital of Bulgaria: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 44% | CISCO | 5 | Fortune 100 company whose name is the last two syllables of the city near where it was founded |
| 44% | SANAALATHAN | 11 | "The Best Man Holiday" star whose first name is the capital of Yemen: 2 wds. |
| 44% | OHM | 3 | Physics unit whose name is pronounced at the beginning of its representative Greek letter |