| 100% | SMOG | 4 | Air pollution in Los Angeles, for example |
| 58% | SMOG | 4 | Air pollution common in Los Angeles and Mexico City |
| 54% | SMOG | 4 | Air problem in Los Angeles |
| 54% | SMOG | 4 | Haze over Los Angeles, for example |
| 52% | CITY | 4 | Los Angeles or San Francisco, for example |
| 49% | AVE | 3 | Los Angeles's Melrose or Fairfax, for example: Abbr. |
| 49% | BEL | 3 | ___ Air, neighborhood in Los Angeles |
| 48% | BALDY | 5 | Mount ___, highest peak in Los Angeles, named for its lack of tree cover |
| 47% | LAKERS | 6 | Los Angeles ___, NBA team for which LeBron James started playing in 2018 |
| 45% | RUSSTAMBLYN | 11 | Los Angeles-born Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Peyton Place |
| 44% | SIGN | 4 | Hollywood ___, historic landmark in Los Angeles built for a real estate development ad, that was meant to be temporary |
| 43% | SMOG | 4 | Reason for an air quality alert in Beijing or Los Angeles |
| 42% | SMOG | 4 | Hangover in Los Angeles? |
| 42% | SANPEDRO | 8 | Community in Los Angeles |
| 41% | TORRANCE | 8 | City in Los Angeles County |
| 41% | XGAMES | 6 | Annual event in Los Angeles |
| 41% | LABREA | 6 | Fossil site in Los Angeles |
| 41% | SAN | 3 | ___ Pedro (community in Los Angeles) |
| 41% | BELAIR | 6 | Posh neighborhood in Los Angeles |
| 40% | EMMYS | 5 | Annual awards presented in Los Angeles |
| 40% | HALOS | 5 | Items in Los Angeles Angels logos |
| 40% | RODEO | 5 | ___ Drive, shopping mecca in Los Angeles |
| 40% | SPARKS | 6 | WNBA side based in Los Angeles |
| 40% | DRIVE | 5 | Mulholland or Rodeo, in Los Angeles |
| 40% | LABELMAKERS | 11 | Small office printers in Los Angeles? |
| 40% | PDT | 3 | Summer hours in Los Angeles (Abbr.) |
| 40% | SUNSETBOULEVARD | 15 | Major "dusk" road in Los Angeles |
| 40% | SMOG | 4 | Pollution in the air |
| 40% | STREETS | 7 | Ordinal numbers in Los Angeles, e.g. |
| 40% | SAYRE | 5 | ___ fire (destructive 2008 blaze in Los Angeles) |