| 100% | LIMABEAN | 8 | Food named for a world capital (but pronounced differently) |
| 57% | LIMA | 4 | Bean variety named for a world capital |
| 56% | XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX | 15 | Food named for a Caribbean capital |
| 47% | CEREAL | 6 | Food named for a goddess |
| 47% | CHALUPA | 7 | Food named for a boat |
| 44% | ERA | 3 | Historic period often named for a world leader |
| 43% | ROMANO | 6 | Cheese named for a capital city |
| 42% | OATERS | 6 | Movie genre named for a food staple |
| 42% | LIMA | 4 | Bean named for a South American capital |
| 42% | HAWKER | 6 | Another name for a street food vendor |
| 42% | LIMA | 4 | Bean named for a South American capital city |
| 42% | DAMASK | 6 | Fabric named for a Mideast capital |
| 41% | HOTPOTATO | 9 | Controversial issue named for a food item: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROMA | 4 | Type of 44-Down named for a capital city |
| 41% | KINGSTONTRIO | 12 | Longtime musical group with a world capital in its name |
| 40% | ORGANICCHEMISTRY | 16 | Good name for a dating site for lovers of natural foods? |
| 40% | RIGA | 4 | World capital on a gulf of the same name |
| 40% | KABUL | 5 | World capital on a river of the same name |
| 40% | SOFIA | 5 | World capital that's also a girl's name |
| 40% | LIMA | 4 | World capital whose name is a kind of bean |
| 40% | ROME | 4 | Georgia city named for a European capital |
| 40% | HABANERO | 8 | Hot pepper named for a Caribbean capital |
| 40% | SOFIA | 5 | World capital whose name comes from the Greek for "wisdom" |
| 40% | NASSAU | 6 | World capital that's a setting for three Bond films |
| 39% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKE | 14 | Food named for how it's baked, and a hint to each set of circles |
| 38% | NASSAU | 6 | Island capital named for a European royal house |
| 38% | SANTAFE | 7 | Capital city for which a trail was named |
| 38% | PIERRE | 6 | State capital named for a French fur trader |
| 38% | MONROVIALIBERIA | 15 | African capital named for a non-African President |
| 38% | KIEV | 4 | Chicken ___ (dish named after a world capital) |