| 100% | ALGERIA | 7 | With 40-Across, royal emblems in North Africa? |
| 51% | MISTER | 6 | With 40 Across, Hanks' role in 17/64 Across |
| 44% | SAHARA | 6 | 43-Across in North Africa |
| 43% | READING | 7 | With 40-Across, library activity in the Thames Valley? |
| 43% | MICHAEL | 7 | With 40-Across, singer who played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz" |
| 42% | TUNA | 4 | With 40 Across, diner orders |
| 42% | BOXED | 5 | With 40-Across, party supplies found in this puzzle's four corners |
| 41% | SAHARA | 6 | Desert in North Africa |
| 41% | SOUK | 4 | Marketplace in North Africa |
| 41% | FRIDA | 5 | With 40-Across, Mexican painter played by Salma Hayek in a 2002 biopic |
| 41% | SHRIMP | 6 | With 40 Across, seafood dish with garlic |
| 41% | INTWOWORDS | 10 | With 40 Across, Goldwyn's ''No way!'' |
| 41% | ATLAS | 5 | Mountain range in North Africa |
| 41% | MARYJ | 5 | With 40-Across, "The Wiz Live!" actress who plays Florence in "Mudbound": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SANDRA | 6 | With 40-Across, actress who played Kate opposite Keanu Reeves in "The Lake House" |
| 40% | AREA | 4 | With 9-Across, 40-Across seen in parentheses |
| 40% | BOAR | 4 | Wild pig found in North Africa |
| 40% | LIBYA | 5 | Country in North Africa; capital Tripoli |
| 40% | ALOE | 4 | ___ vera, succulent naturalized in North Africa |
| 40% | BROKEN | 6 | With 40-Across, repeat offender? ... or something found, literally, in four rows in this puzzle |
| 40% | SIXTEENTH | 9 | With 54 Across, 38/40 Across' place in history |
| 40% | THEALIENAND | 11 | With 40 Across, historic rules for subduing UFO occupants? |
| 39% | ISLAM | 5 | It's much followed in North Africa |
| 39% | DESERTRAT | 9 | WW2 British soldier fighting in North Africa |
| 39% | ABRAHAM | 7 | With 40 Across, bearded VIP with a February 12th birthday |
| 38% | DENZEL | 6 | With 26-Across, "Malcolm X" actor who stars in 40-Across |
| 38% | MEDINA | 6 | Old part of cities in North Africa, often walled |
| 38% | SIMOON | 6 | A violent hot sand-laden wind in North Africa |
| 38% | FISTBUMPOR | 10 | With 40 and 64 Across, congratulatory choices |
| 38% | ATLAS | 5 | — Mountains, range in North Africa whose highest peak is Toubkal |