| 100% | BILOXI | 6 | "___ Blues" (Neil Simon play named after a Mississippi port) |
| 45% | OTHELLO | 7 | Board game named after a Shakespeare play |
| 44% | MOCHAS | 6 | Chocolatey coffees, named after a port in Yemen |
| 44% | ODESSA | 6 | Texas city named after a Black Sea port |
| 43% | JAX | 3 | Port named after a U.S. president, informally |
| 41% | STURM | 5 | ___ und Drang (artistic period named after a play by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger) |
| 41% | ERIE | 4 | Pennsylvania port, named after a lake |
| 40% | HAVRE | 5 | Montana college town named after a French port |
| 40% | SANTANDER | 9 | Spanish banking group named after a northern port |
| 40% | LATOSCA | 7 | Play after which a Puccini opera was named |
| 40% | THEODDCOUPLE | 12 | Neil Simon play about mismatched roommates, adapted into a 1968 Jack Lemmon/Walter Matthau movie: 3 wds. |
| 39% | OHIO | 4 | Neil Young protest song named after a state |
| 39% | ALICE | 5 | ___ blue, color named after a first daughter |
| 39% | RIO | 3 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Brazilian city and is played by Miguel Herran |
| 39% | BERLIN | 6 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a German city and is played by Pedro Alonso |
| 39% | NAIROBI | 7 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Kenyan city and is played by Alba Flores |
| 39% | TOKYO | 5 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Japanese city and is played by Ursula Corbero |
| 39% | LOSTINYONKERS | 13 | Neil Simon play about two boys who move in with relatives, adapted into a 1993 Mercedes Ruehl movie: 3 wds. |
| 39% | SIMON | 5 | Playwright Neil after whom a Broadway theater is named |
| 39% | AIMWELL | 7 | 1785 Derby winner named after a penniless rake in 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar |
| 39% | OSLO | 4 | Character from "Money Heist" that is named after a Nordic city and is played by Roberto Garcia Ruiz |
| 38% | PLAZASUITE | 10 | Title setting for a Neil Simon play |
| 38% | BAREFOOTINTHEPARK | 17 | NEIL SIMON PLAYS |
| 38% | SIRPETER | 8 | & 16D 1787 Epsom Derby winner named after a character in R B Sheridan stage play The School for Scandal |
| 38% | YONKERS | 7 | Neil Simon play locale |
| 38% | BILOXI | 6 | Neil Simon play locale |
| 38% | ALIAS | 5 | Name after a name |
| 37% | PLAZA | 5 | Setting for a 1968 Neil Simon play, with "the" |
| 37% | TWO | 3 | "Chapter ___" (Neil Simon play about a recently widowed man) |
| 37% | BILOXI | 6 | Mississippi city in a Neil Simon title |