| 100% | SYD | 3 | Code for an airport that serves the capital of New South Wales |
| 47% | SYD | 3 | Capital of New South Wales, for short |
| 41% | SYDNEY | 6 | Capital of New South Wales |
| 41% | SYDNEY | 6 | Capital of New South Wales, Australia |
| 40% | SYDNEY | 6 | State capital of New South Wales |
| 38% | SYD | 3 | New South Wales' capital, for short |
| 34% | SYD | 3 | Airport code in New South Wales, Australia |
| 34% | NEWCASTLE | 9 | Harbour city in New South Wales, Australia at the mouth of the Hunter River |
| 33% | MURRAY | 6 | River rising in New South Wales, Australia, that flows into the sea at Encounter Bay |
| 32% | DUBLIN | 6 | Capital that's the site of the Aras an Uachtarain presidential residence |
| 32% | PLATYPUS | 8 | State animal of New South Wales |
| 32% | NSW | 3 | Abbreviation of New South Wales, Australia |
| 32% | ZEALAND | 7 | Wellington is the capital of New __ |
| 32% | SYDNEY | 6 | New South Wales capital |
| 31% | RONPAUL | 7 | Name in the news that's an anagram of OUR PLAN |
| 31% | SYDNEY | 6 | New South Wales's capital |
| 31% | STATE | 5 | New South Wales, for one |
| 31% | COLUMBIA | 8 | The capital of South Carolina |
| 31% | JUBA | 4 | The capital of South Sudan |
| 31% | PEACE | 5 | State of calmness that is often wished for in the New Year |
| 31% | AUS | 3 | New South Wales' land, for short |
| 31% | ACTS | 4 | First book of the New Testament that isn't named for a person |
| 31% | DELHI | 5 | New ___, capital of India which is famous for the Qutub Minar |
| 30% | ALB | 3 | Capital of New York State, for short |
| 30% | RED | 3 | The ___ Wedding, iconic event in "Game of Thrones" that won an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing |
| 30% | SYDNEY | 6 | Australia, New South Wales capital city |
| 30% | LAGUARDIA | 9 | Queens airport that serves New York |
| 30% | ACURA | 5 | Car company that used Motörhead's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" in an ad |
| 30% | PARISTEXAS | 10 | Capital of the South? |
| 29% | STAYSINMEXICO | 13 | #3 2004 country hit for Toby Keith about an affair south of the border: 3 wds. |