| 100% | PERMIT | 6 | Document often issued to builders by the city zoning authority, maybe |
| 30% | GREENCARD | 9 | Document issued to immigrants under the INA |
| 29% | WRIT | 4 | Formal document issued by legal authority |
| 29% | CAMDEN | 6 | City connected to Philadelphia by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge |
| 29% | DAMASCUS | 8 | City linked to Egypt by the ancient Via Maris |
| 29% | JUAREZ | 6 | City connected to America by the Bridge of the Americas |
| 28% | HERO | 4 | Key to the city recipient, maybe |
| 27% | SAN | 3 | "Fake Tales of ___ Francisco," song by the Arctic Monkeys that refers to a Californian city |
| 27% | MANCHESTER | 10 | City in NW England linked to the Mersey estuary by a ship canal |
| 26% | NOME | 4 | U.S. city connected to the outside only by airplane, boat and sled |
| 25% | RITA | 4 | "Lovely ___," 1967 song by The Beatles which was inspired by a traffic warden who issued a parking ticket to McCartney |
| 25% | DIPLOMA | 7 | Document often mailed in the summer |
| 24% | RIOTED | 6 | Caused the authorities to bring out the water cannons, maybe |
| 24% | INACAB | 6 | Going around the city, maybe |
| 24% | TIKIBAR | 7 | Stand by the pool, maybe |
| 24% | TANS | 4 | Basks by the pool, maybe |
| 24% | COATCLOSET | 10 | *Room by the foyer, often |
| 24% | ZOO | 3 | "At the ___" single by Simon & Garfunkel written by Paul Simon as one of his tributes to New York City |
| 24% | EMBER | 5 | The City of ___ (2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau) |
| 24% | SKIPTOWN | 8 | Leave the city to evade arrest |
| 24% | TICKET | 6 | Song by the Beatles: "__ to Ride" |
| 24% | ELPASO | 6 | City connected to Ciudad Juárez by the Bridge of the Americas |
| 24% | EBD | 3 | Building construction process, often adopted by health care orgs., that relies on scientific research to get the best results (abbr.) |
| 24% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 23% | BORN | 4 | Delivered by the stork, so to speak |
| 23% | AUDIT | 5 | Fearful request by the IRS, to some |
| 23% | LABOR | 5 | Force exploited by the bourgeoisie, to Marx |
| 23% | SANFRAN | 7 | City by the Bay, informally |
| 23% | OGDEN | 5 | City by the Wasatch Mountains |
| 23% | ROMA | 4 | The Eternal City, to natives |