| 100% | SITKA | 5 | — Spruce, evergreen tree named after a former capital of the Department of Alaska and District of Alaska |
| 38% | LONSDALE | 8 | & 5D British boxing award named after a former president of the National Sporting Club |
| 37% | KIR | 3 | Blackcurrant liqueur and white wine cocktail named after a former mayor of Dijon |
| 34% | BURNETTLIGHTS | 13 | Mesh-like outdoor Christmas decorations named after a variety show host of the '60s and '70s? |
| 33% | PIE | 3 | Boston Cream ___, cake with a cream filling named after the capital of Massachusetts |
| 33% | SITKA | 5 | — Spruce, evergreen tree named after an Alaskan community |
| 33% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 33% | IASI | 4 | City in NE Romania; a former capital of the country |
| 33% | IASI | 4 | City in northeast Romania; a former capital of the country |
| 33% | LEON | 4 | University city in Nicaragua; a former capital of the country |
| 32% | AGUA | 4 | Liquid at the end of the names of a Central American country and its capital |
| 32% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 32% | LEON | 4 | University city in NW Nicaragua; a former capital of the country |
| 32% | LEON | 4 | University city in northwest Nicaragua; a former capital of the country |
| 32% | PEKING | 6 | Former romanisation of the name of China's capital |
| 32% | WAHOO | 5 | Exclamation that's also the name of a tree, bush, and fish |
| 32% | QUEZON | 6 | Large city and former capital of the Philippines |
| 32% | RAVENNA | 7 | Italian city and former capital of the Ostrogoths |
| 31% | BANTAM | 6 | Small breed of domestic fowl named after a former seaport in Java |
| 30% | DRAX | 4 | Large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire named after a village west of the Humber estuary |
| 30% | HOBO | 4 | ___ bag (slouchy style of purse named after a drifter who rides the rails) |
| 30% | AGANA | 5 | Former name of Hagatna, capital of the Pacific island of Guam |
| 30% | RANGOON | 7 | Former name of Myanmar's largest city, capital of the Yangon region |
| 30% | TBONE | 5 | Kind of steak named after a letter of the alphabet |
| 30% | GALOP | 5 | Ballroom dance named after the running gait of a horse |
| 30% | MADRAS | 6 | Former name of Chennai and a lightweight fabric |
| 30% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital on a river of the same name |
| 30% | SALOP | 5 | Former name for both the county of Shropshire and the town of Shrewsbury |
| 29% | LAGOS | 5 | Port and former capital of Nigeria on the Bight of Benin |