| 100% | SIZEWELL | 8 | Coastal village north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, that became the site of a Magnox nuclear power station in 1968 |
| 88% | SIZEWELL | 8 | Coastal village north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, that became site of a Magnox nuclear power station in 1968 |
| 41% | DRAX | 4 | Large coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire named after a village west of the Humber estuary |
| 32% | CHERNOBYL | 9 | City in Ukraine; site of a nuclear power accident in 1986 |
| 31% | NASEBY | 6 | Village in Northamptonshire; site of a 1645 victory for Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War |
| 30% | ALAMO | 5 | Texas mission that was the site of a historic battle |
| 30% | ERIE | 4 | Lake that was the site of a War of 1812 battle |
| 30% | POTSDAM | 7 | City bordering Berlin that was the site of a 1945 conference |
| 29% | ALTAMONT | 8 | Former California speedway that was the site of a 1969 rock concert |
| 29% | ARGONNE | 7 | French forest that was the site of a World War I battle |
| 29% | TRENTON | 7 | Site of a 1776 George Washington victory in the Revolutionary War |
| 29% | NOODLEBAR | 9 | Remake of the 1968 film "Bandolero!" that's set in a restaurant serving ramen? |
| 29% | BUZZER | 6 | Loud noise that marks the end of a quarter or a game in basketball |
| 29% | FARGO | 5 | North Dakota city that's the title of a Coen brothers film |
| 29% | ACROPOLIS | 9 | Hill in Athens that is the site of the Parthenon |
| 29% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 28% | APSE | 4 | Site of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia |
| 28% | STOP | 4 | "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't ___ Talking" (Susan Cain bestseller) |
| 28% | OTELLO | 6 | Verdi opera that becomes the name of a board game when an "H" is inserted |
| 28% | WREN | 4 | Bird that became the "king of the birds," in European mythology |
| 28% | MARNE | 5 | River that was the site of battles in both world wars |
| 28% | KEEPER | 6 | Small piece that holds the end of a belt in place |
| 28% | SPAM | 4 | Food that's the subject of a museum in Austin, Minn. |
| 28% | AMBERGRIS | 9 | Secretion that's the subject of a chapter in Moby-Dick |
| 28% | IWOJIMA | 7 | Site of a 1945 Allied victory in the Pacific |
| 28% | IRVINE | 6 | Site of a U.C. in the O.C. |
| 28% | PALESTINE | 9 | East ___, Ohio town that was the site of a 2023 train derailment that released hazardous chemicals |
| 28% | EXT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 47-Across in a screenplay |
| 28% | INT | 3 | Kind of shot that's the opposite of a 38-Down in a screenplay |