| 100% | HSBC | 4 | Banking giant which originated in Hong Kong: Abbr. |
| 77% | HSBC | 4 | British multinational bank company which originated in Hong Kong: Abbr. |
| 75% | HSBC | 4 | British multinational bank which originated in Hong Kong: Abbr. |
| 39% | HSBC | 4 | British banking giant founded in, and named after places in China: Abbr. |
| 38% | HSBC | 4 | British financial giant founded in Hong Kong |
| 36% | HUMID | 5 | Like summers in Hong Kong |
| 36% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language spoken in Hong Kong |
| 36% | CANTONESE | 9 | Language used in Hong Kong |
| 35% | LIAO | 4 | ___ Fan Hong Kong, chef Chan Hon Meng's street food stall in Singapore which has earned one Michelin star |
| 35% | TAIPAN | 6 | Clavell novel set in Hong Kong |
| 35% | SMOG | 4 | Major visibility problem in Hong Kong |
| 35% | UNRULY | 6 | Like the protests in Hong Kong |
| 35% | CANTONESE | 9 | Official dialect spoken in Hong Kong |
| 35% | BAMBOOPOLES | 11 | Common scaffolding components in Hong Kong |
| 34% | TAIPAN | 6 | 1966 best seller set in Hong Kong |
| 34% | PHOOEY | 6 | Penrod Pooch fights crime in Hong Kong __ |
| 34% | CANTONESE | 9 | Regional language widely spoken in Hong Kong |
| 34% | TAIPAN | 6 | James Clavell novel set in Hong Kong |
| 34% | SNOOKER | 7 | Cue sport which originated in Etawah, India |
| 34% | ISL | 3 | Hong Kong, e.g.: Abbr. |
| 34% | BIGBUDDHA | 9 | Bronze religious figure and staircase in Hong Kong |
| 34% | HSBC | 4 | London-based financial corp. founded in Hong Kong |
| 33% | NOBLEHOUSE | 10 | 1981 novel by James Clavell set in Hong Kong |
| 33% | TEARGAS | 7 | Police in Hong Kong used this many times last year |
| 32% | BENGA | 5 | Popular musical genre which originated in Nairobi, Kenya in the 1940s |
| 32% | BOAT | 4 | Hong Kong Dragon ___ Festival (annual event in Flushing Meadows) |
| 32% | WHATSAPP | 8 | Social-media tool instrumental in Hong Kong’s 2014 pro-democracy protests |
| 31% | CARRIELAM | 9 | Chief Executive of Hong Kong appointed in 2017 |
| 31% | STA | 3 | Bank in London, for example: Abbr. |
| 31% | COUNTRY | 7 | Music genre for Carrie Underwood, which originated in Bristol, Tennessee, in the 1920s |