| 100% | AMES | 4 | City in Iowa hidden in the name "James" |
| 64% | DES | 3 | Word in the name of Iowa’s capital city |
| 60% | AGRA | 4 | City where many copies of Dainik Jagran are circulated (and a city hidden in the newspaper's name) |
| 59% | MONROE | 6 | James ___, fifth President of the United States after whom a city in Louisiana is named |
| 57% | GARFIELD | 8 | James A. ___, 20th President of the United States after whom a city in New Jersey is named |
| 57% | DES | 3 | ___ Moines, Iowa city whose name means "of the monks" in French |
| 54% | OSLO | 4 | City hidden in the answer to 1-Down |
| 54% | EMU | 3 | Bird hidden in the name of a bone in the leg |
| 53% | SETH | 4 | Name hidden in "raise the roof" |
| 52% | SAN | 3 | First word in the names of many California cities |
| 52% | ELI | 3 | Name hidden in "read between the lines" |
| 51% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 51% | DONETSK | 7 | City in E Ukraine on the Kalmius River whose former names include Stalino |
| 51% | EVIE | 4 | Woman’s name hidden in the phrase “bird’s-eye view” |
| 50% | SHAG | 4 | Nickname for the artist Josh Agle (it's hidden in his name) |
| 50% | OMAHA | 5 | City in Nebraska, US, on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| 50% | OMAHA | 5 | City in Nebraska, US on the Missouri River opposite Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| 50% | SAN | 3 | Word in the names of three of California's four biggest cities |
| 50% | MOSC O WIDAHO | 13 | City in the Pacific Northwest with a Russian-sounding name |
| 50% | ERIE | 4 | City in a county of the same name on a lake of the same name |
| 50% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania situated on the south shore of a lake of the same name |
| 49% | PAPAYA | 6 | Tropical fruit in the name of multiple New York City hot-dog restaurants |
| 49% | ERIE | 4 | City on a lake of the same name in the US |
| 49% | PORTLAND | 8 | Name of the most populous city in a pair of states |
| 49% | POR | 3 | *Michigan city on the Great Lake in its name |
| 49% | AURIC | 5 | Goldfinger's first name in the James Bond universe |
| 49% | OMAHA | 5 | The most populous city in the US with a five-letter name |
| 48% | WROCLAW | 7 | City in Poland on the River Oder whose German name is Breslau |
| 48% | APOSTROPHE | 10 | Punctuation mark in the "Paradise City" rock band's name |
| 48% | SHEAF | 5 | River in Sheffield from which the city derives its name |