| 100% | RENO | 4 | City by the Sierra Nevadas and Lake Tahoe, Nevada U.S. |
| 51% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake —, body of water in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border between California and Nevada, US |
| 50% | MEAD | 4 | Lake —, reservoir in Arizona and Nevada, US, formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River |
| 47% | NOME | 4 | U.S. city connected to the outside only by airplane, boat and sled |
| 44% | RENO | 4 | City northeast of Lake Tahoe, on the Nevada side |
| 43% | ERIE | 4 | Name shared by a US city, canal, and lake |
| 42% | RENO | 4 | City on the Sierra Nevada |
| 41% | MEAD | 4 | Lake —, reservoir in Arizona and Nevada formed by the Hoover Dam across the Colorado River |
| 41% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city whose casinos include the Peppermill and the Grand Sierra |
| 41% | OSHKOSH | 7 | US city and summer resort in E Wisconsin situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago |
| 41% | NEVADA | 6 | It's the location of Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe |
| 40% | VERACRUZ | 8 | City and port on the Gulf of Mexico occupied by the US during the Tampico Affair of 1914 |
| 40% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake in the Sierra Nevadas |
| 40% | DOVER | 5 | Kent County city (in the U.S. and in England) |
| 40% | NORAD | 5 | Military org. run jointly by the U.S. and Canada |
| 39% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake in the Sierra Nevada range |
| 39% | RENO | 4 | City east of the Sierra Nevada |
| 39% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake ___ (freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada) |
| 38% | TEXAS | 5 | U.S. home of the cities Paris, Athens and Dublin |
| 38% | ALEUTIANS | 9 | Chain owned by Russia and the U.S. |
| 38% | TAHOE | 5 | Freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada |
| 38% | DETROIT | 7 | Largest city on the border between the U.S. and Canada |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Name of a U.S. city, lake, and canal |
| 38% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city near Lake Tahoe |
| 38% | WESTCOAST | 9 | U.S. region suggested by the first parts of 17-, 31- and 46-Across |
| 38% | ERIE | 4 | Lake ___ located on the International Boundary between Canada and the U.S. |
| 37% | WHITNEY | 7 | Mount —, highest peak in the Sierra Nevada, US |
| 37% | RENO | 4 | Nevada city north of Lake Tahoe |
| 37% | RENO | 4 | Nevada casino city near Lake Tahoe |
| 37% | TAHOE | 5 | Lake fed by Sierra Nevada snowmelt |