| 100% | CONEY | 5 | Brooklyn’s ___ Island (site of the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest) |
| 68% | JOEYCHESTNUT | 12 | *Winner of the most Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contests (16 as of 2024) |
| 59% | CONEY | 5 | Island where Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place |
| 57% | AMIN | 4 | ESPN sportscaster Adam, recently moved to Fox, ___ who called the 2018 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 50% | ESPN | 4 | Network that airs Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 43% | NATHANS | 7 | Sponsor of a July 4th hot dog eating contest |
| 41% | EATINGGAME | 10 | Nathan's annual hot-dog contest, e.g.? |
| 41% | CONEY | 5 | __ Island, home of the original Nathan's |
| 41% | MUSTARDYELLOW | 13 | Shade of a Nathan's hot-dog contest winner's belt |
| 40% | CONEY | 5 | Brooklyn's ___ Island, site of a famous boardwalk |
| 38% | OUTATE | 6 | Defeated, as at a Nathan's hot dog contest |
| 38% | OUTEAT | 6 | Beat at a Nathan's hot dog contest, say |
| 38% | OUTATE | 6 | Beat in a Nathan's hot dog contest, e.g. |
| 38% | XXXXX | 5 | Site of the annual Wintersköl festival |
| 37% | OAHU | 4 | Island host of the annual Spam Jam festival |
| 37% | BERN | 4 | Swiss site of the annual Gurtenfestival |
| 36% | EPSOM | 5 | English town, site of the annual Derby |
| 34% | UPTON | 5 | Long Island town, site of the Brookhaven Laboratory |
| 33% | OUTEAT | 6 | Win the hot dog contest |
| 33% | NATHANS | 7 | Fast-food company with an annual hot dog eating competition |
| 33% | CUR | 3 | Unlikely winner of the Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show |
| 33% | UTICA | 5 | Site of the first Woolworth's |
| 33% | MINDORO | 7 | Island of the Philippines and site of Mount Halcon |
| 32% | WILLIAMSCOLLEGE | 15 | Site of the oldest U.S. observatory |
| 32% | NYC | 3 | Site of the U.N.'s HQ |
| 32% | ADA | 3 | Site of the Chickasaw Nation's headquarters |
| 32% | INDIA | 5 | Site of the Dalai Lama's exile |
| 32% | OAHU | 4 | Island that was the site of the Pearl Harbor attack |
| 32% | NATHANS | 7 | Official hot dog of the New York Mets |
| 32% | DELHI | 5 | Site of the Mughal Empire's Red Fort |