| 100% | LHASA | 5 | Capital city whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 82% | LHASA | 5 | Capital whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 81% | LHASA | 5 | Asian capital whose name means "place of the gods" |
| 64% | KAMLOOPS | 8 | BC city whose name means meeting of the waters |
| 64% | KAMPALA | 7 | African city whose name means hill of the impala |
| 62% | BABYLON | 7 | Ancient city whose name means "Gate of God" |
| 57% | DES | 3 | ___ Moines, Iowa city whose name means "of the monks" in French |
| 56% | TOKYO | 5 | City whose name means "eastern capital" |
| 54% | SANTODOMINGO | 12 | Capital city of the Dominican Republic whose baseball stadium is named for Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal (2 wds.) |
| 53% | PAKISTAN | 8 | Country whose name means "land of the pure" |
| 52% | XERES | 5 | City whose name was the source of the word "sherry" |
| 52% | ONEIDA | 6 | Nation whose name means “People of the Standing Stone” |
| 51% | THEOPHANE | 9 | Figure in Greek mythology whose name roughly means “manifestation of God” and who gave birth to the ram with the golden fleece |
| 51% | DARESSALAAM | 11 | East African city whose name means "house of peace" |
| 51% | ELIAH | 5 | Son of Elam whose name means "God the Lord" |
| 51% | SEOUL | 5 | Asian capital city whose name is a homophone of 5-Down and 9-Across |
| 51% | TREX | 4 | Dinosaur whose name means "king of the tyrant lizards": 2 wds., abbr. |
| 50% | OSLO | 4 | Norway city whose name appears in the center of "Czechoslovakia" |
| 50% | SANTIAGO | 8 | Capital city of Chile, name means Saint James |
| 50% | LIMAPERU | 8 | Capital city whose main governmental building is known as the "House of Pizarro" |
| 50% | CLAIRDELUNE | 11 | Debussy classic whose name means "light of the moon": 3 wds. |
| 50% | XERES | 5 | Spanish city whose name is the source of the word sherry |
| 50% | ESSEN | 5 | European city whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet |
| 50% | KYOTO | 5 | Noncapital city whose name means "capital city" |
| 50% | KYOTO | 5 | Japanese city whose name means "capital city" |
| 50% | OTTAWA | 6 | Capital city on a river of the same name |
| 49% | MALI | 4 | Landlocked African nation whose name means "the place where the king lives" |
| 49% | LAS | 3 | ___ Vegas, Nevadan city whose name means "the meadows" |
| 49% | MOHICANS | 8 | Group whose name means "the people of the waters that are never still" |
| 49% | TAHDIG | 6 | Crispy rice crust whose name means “bottom of the pot” in Farsi |