| 100% | GOLD | 4 | ___ Bar, city in Washington that started as a prospectors camp |
| 43% | SHACK | 5 | Shake ___: fast casual restaurant chain that started as a hot dog stand in Madison Square Park in 2001 |
| 39% | KIA | 3 | Automaker that started as a bicycle company |
| 39% | OREO | 4 | Cookie that started as a Hydrox knockoff |
| 39% | SEATTLE | 7 | City in Washington that hosted the 1962 World's Fair |
| 39% | SPOKANE | 7 | US city in Washington that hosted Expo '74 |
| 38% | MEINEKE | 7 | Car care franchise that started as a muffler specialist |
| 38% | KIA | 3 | Korean automaker that started as a bicycle parts manufacturer |
| 38% | WAYMO | 5 | Self-driving car company that started as a Google project |
| 38% | SPOKANE | 7 | City in Washington, US, that hosted Expo '74 |
| 37% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Music festival that started as a series called the Liberation Sessions |
| 37% | TONKA | 5 | Toy truck maker that started as a gardening tools company, oddly enough |
| 37% | THEONION | 8 | It started as a satirical newspaper in 1988 |
| 36% | SEATTLE | 7 | City in Washington, US, that hosted the 1962 World's Fair |
| 36% | SPOKANE | 7 | City in Washington, US, that hosted the Expo '74 world's fair |
| 36% | BOLOGNA | 7 | City in Italy that is also a sausage |
| 36% | OPEN | 4 | Start, as a run in a theater |
| 36% | DROPTHEMIC | 10 | New TBS celebrity competition series that started as a "Late Late Show" segment: 3 wds. |
| 35% | MADABOUTYOU | 11 | Sitcom set in New York City that featured Carol Burnett in a recurring role as Jamie's mother (3 wds.) |
| 35% | OSLO | 4 | Capital city that gets as little as six hours of sunlight a day in the winter |
| 35% | ROOK | 4 | Chess piece that starts in a corner |
| 35% | LABOHEME | 8 | Opera that starts in a Paris garret |
| 35% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a lavatory |
| 35% | ACE | 3 | A as in Atlantic City? |
| 35% | BOLOGNA | 7 | City in Italy with same spelling as a deli meat |
| 35% | ANA | 3 | Californian city and river that starts as Santa |
| 35% | SAW | 3 | Horror film that starts in a filthy lavatory |
| 35% | THREELEGGEDRACE | 15 | Competition that starts and finishes in a tie |
| 35% | HELENAMONTANA | 13 | City founded as a mining camp |
| 34% | ANTE | 4 | Start a pot, as in poker |