| 100% | ENE | 3 | Dir. traveled on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge |
| 46% | GOLDENGATE | 10 | Strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean |
| 46% | BERKELEY | 8 | City on San Francisco Bay; seat of the University of California |
| 46% | LEVIS | 5 | Jeans brand name on the San Francisco 49ers stadium |
| 45% | OAKLAND | 7 | Port on San Francisco Bay, California, damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake |
| 44% | ALTO | 4 | Palo ___, city in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 43% | GATOS | 5 | Los ___, incorporated California town in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| 42% | GATE | 4 | You can take a walk on the Golden ___ Bridge, a San Francisco landmark (2/4) |
| 42% | SEALS | 5 | Animals seen sunbathing on the shores of the San Francisco Bay |
| 40% | FOG | 3 | "House of Sand and ___" (Ben Kingsley film set in the San Francisco Bay Area) |
| 39% | ENE | 3 | San Francisco-to-Oakland dir. |
| 39% | PALOALTO | 8 | City on San Francisco Bay |
| 39% | SAUSALITO | 9 | Town on San Francisco Bay |
| 39% | ALAMEDA | 7 | City on San Francisco Bay |
| 39% | MARIN | 5 | County on San Francisco Bay |
| 38% | AREA | 4 | Bay ___ (San Francisco, Oakland, etc.) |
| 38% | BENJAMINBRATT | 13 | San Francisco-born actor who played Rey Curtis on "Law & Order" in the 1990s (2 wds.) |
| 37% | SKI | 3 | Travel on the mountains |
| 37% | AFAR | 4 | Award-winning magazine HQed in San Francisco and launched in 2009 that focuses on experiential travel |
| 37% | MENS | 4 | The San Francisco Gay ___ Chorus |
| 36% | RIDESASTEAM | 11 | Travels on the Mississippi, perhaps |
| 36% | HARVEYMILK | 10 | San Francisco gay rights martyr who was an inaugural honoree on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor: 2 wds. |
| 36% | GATE | 4 | Golden ___ Bridge, red suspension structure in California that spans the San Francisco Bay |
| 36% | BAYAREA | 7 | San Francisco, Oakland, etc. |
| 36% | PARK | 4 | Candlestick ___, old stadium in San Francisco where The Beatles performed their last commercial concert on August 29th, 1966 |
| 35% | AREA | 4 | The Bay ___ (region around San Francisco) |
| 35% | AREA | 4 | Bay ___ (the San Francisco vicinity) |
| 35% | AREA | 4 | San Francisco Bay ___ |
| 35% | GOLDENGATE | 10 | San Francisco bridge |
| 35% | BAYAREA | 7 | San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, etc. |