| 100% | GAO | 3 | E Mali city |
| 62% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | Mali city |
| 53% | BYLAW | 5 | City ordinance, e.g. |
| 51% | EMPIRES | 7 | Mali, Ghana, and Songhai, e.g. |
| 51% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | Ancient city in Mali |
| 50% | SEASIDERESORT | 13 | Atlantic City, e.g. |
| 50% | URB | 3 | Inner city, e.g. |
| 50% | CONCRETEJUNGLE | 14 | Inner city, e.g. |
| 49% | ERZURUM | 7 | City in E Turkey housing Ataturk University |
| 47% | INSET | 5 | City map on a state map, e.g. |
| 47% | ENCLAVE | 7 | Vatican City, to Rome, e.g. |
| 47% | DOWNSTATE | 9 | Like New York City, e.g. |
| 47% | HONOR | 5 | Key to the city, e.g. |
| 47% | UTAHANS | 7 | Salt Lake City residents, e.g. |
| 47% | NOVEL | 5 | "The City We Became," e.g. |
| 46% | SUBURB | 6 | Scarsdale, e.g., to New York City |
| 46% | SEAPORTS | 8 | Long Beach and Texas City, e.g. |
| 46% | GALPALS | 7 | "Sex and the City" quartet, e.g. |
| 46% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali and home to the University of Sankore |
| 45% | DUMKA | 5 | City in E India, headquarters of Santhal Pargana division, Jharkhand |
| 44% | APOLOGIA | 8 | Augustine's "The City of God," e.g. |
| 44% | GALPALS | 7 | Group in "Sex and the City," e.g. |
| 44% | INSET | 5 | Neighborhood map on a city map, e.g. |
| 44% | IPA | 3 | Jai Alai from Cigar City Brewing, e.g. |
| 44% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali that’s home to the University of Sankore |
| 43% | FAIRBANKS | 9 | City in Alaska, US, founded by E T Barnette in 1901 |
| 43% | SHANGHAI | 8 | Port in E China; largest city in the country |
| 41% | DONETSK | 7 | City in E Ukraine on the Kalmius River whose former names include Stalino |
| 34% | OSHKOSH | 7 | US city and summer resort in E Wisconsin situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago |
| 33% | DAMAGEDMAIL | 11 | MALI? |