| 100% | THUMBWAR | 8 | Contest that the San Francisco Chronicle once called “the miniature golf of martial sports” |
| 31% | YUMA | 4 | Arizona city that was once the spring training home of the San Diego Padres |
| 30% | GOLDENGATE | 10 | Strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean |
| 29% | AMARILLO | 8 | Texas city once called the "Helium Capital of the World" |
| 29% | MMVI | 4 | 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake |
| 29% | LEVIS | 5 | ___ Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers |
| 29% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco ___, MLB team and member of the NL West division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
| 28% | CEREBRUM | 8 | Part of the brain once called the telencephalon |
| 28% | ASTORS | 6 | Family once called the “landlords of New York” |
| 28% | ALGEBRA | 7 | Branch of mathematics once called the Rule of Coss |
| 28% | ROSIE | 5 | Comedian/TV host once called the "Queen of Nice" |
| 28% | AREA | 4 | The "A" of San Francisco's BART |
| 28% | LOLAFALANA | 10 | Singer/dancer/actress once called the "Queen of Las Vegas" |
| 27% | ARONI | 5 | The last part of "the San Francisco Treat"? |
| 27% | DECATHLON | 9 | Sport contest that consists of 10 different events |
| 27% | HILLY | 5 | Like the terrain of San Francisco |
| 27% | BAY | 3 | Type of body of water that separates San Francisco from Oakland |
| 27% | SEALS | 5 | Animals seen sunbathing on the shores of the San Francisco Bay |
| 27% | BERKELEY | 8 | City on San Francisco Bay; seat of the University of California |
| 27% | BERGHAIN | 8 | Berlin club that’s been called the world capital of techno |
| 27% | CEYLON | 6 | Island once called Serendip, source of the word "serendipity" |
| 27% | LATEGAME | 8 | Toward the end of a sports contest |
| 27% | CANTFEELMYFACE | 14 | The Weeknd hit that Rolling Stone called the best song of 2015: 4 wds. |
| 27% | ACME | 4 | San Francisco detective agency that Carmen Sandiego once worked for |
| 27% | LOIN | 4 | That part of the lower back also called the lumbus |
| 27% | TALES | 5 | "___ of the City" (novel series set in San Francisco) |
| 27% | TULSA | 5 | City once called "Oil Capital of the World" |
| 26% | GATE | 4 | Golden ___ Bridge, red suspension structure in California that spans the San Francisco Bay |
| 26% | MAVISBEACON | 11 | Character whom the Times once called “the grande dame of instructional typing software” |
| 26% | FUNGI | 5 | Organisms that have been called "the grand recyclers of the planet" |