| 100% | CYCLES | 6 | City of __, Beijing's nickname is owed to wheels |
| 43% | TENN | 4 | "Music City" is the nickname of this US state's capital |
| 40% | ABE | 3 | Nickname of the first US president to be assassinated |
| 39% | BROTHERLY | 9 | City of ___ Love (Philadelphia's nickname) |
| 39% | MAO | 3 | His portrait is at the entrance to Beijing's Forbidden City |
| 38% | TOKYO | 5 | Visit this capital city of Japan that is home to the Imperial Palace (4/4) |
| 37% | BASRA | 5 | Mideast city that is the capital of the world in H. G. Wells's "The Shape of Things to Come" |
| 37% | ATHENS | 6 | City of which Shakespeare's Timon is a lord |
| 37% | WARSAW | 6 | City that is home to the Royal Castle of Poland |
| 37% | OREM | 4 | Its nickname is "Family City, U.S.A." |
| 37% | SINGAPORE | 9 | One of its nicknames is the Lion City |
| 36% | GHENT | 5 | Belgian city where the treaty to end the War of 1812 was signed |
| 36% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Early railroad tycoon whose nickname is a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 51- and 62-Across |
| 36% | AROD | 4 | Nickname of the ex-Yankee who was the youngest player to hit 600 home runs (Hyph.) |
| 36% | MAYORS | 6 | ___ Christmas Tree, Kansas City's 100-foot-tall tree that is a symbol of charity dedicated to helping people during the holiday season |
| 35% | NOLA | 4 | Mardi Gras city nickname, and an apt description of the answers to the starred clues |
| 35% | WAGGAWAGGA | 10 | City 81 miles north of 11 Across that has been a sister city to Leavenworth, Kansas since 1962 |
| 35% | ATHENS | 6 | City that's home to the Arch of Hadrian |
| 35% | PITTSBURGH | 10 | City that had the final letter of its name removed in 1891, only to be restored in 1911 |
| 35% | DEBT | 4 | The amount that is owed to someone |
| 34% | WIEN | 4 | City of waltzes, to natives |
| 34% | NASHVILLE | 9 | This U.S. town's nickname is "music city" |
| 34% | ASWAN | 5 | City that's home to the Mausoleum of Aga Khan |
| 34% | JERUSALEM | 9 | City that's home to the Dome of the Rock |
| 34% | RENO | 4 | City that's home to the Nevada Museum of Art |
| 34% | TACOMA | 6 | City that’s home to the University of Puget Sound |
| 34% | CANBERRA | 8 | City that’s home to the National Gallery of Australia |
| 34% | OMAHA | 5 | City that's home to a statue of Chef Boyardee |
| 34% | ENTITLED | 8 | Acting like the world is owed to you |
| 34% | SORTS | 5 | It's unsettling to be out of them |