| 100% | ISERE | 5 | French river whose source is in the Graian Alps, near the Italian border |
| 42% | TRENT | 5 | River whose source is in Staffordshire |
| 41% | ISERE | 5 | River rising in the Graian Alps |
| 40% | LUGANO | 6 | City in Ticino, southern Switzerland, near the Italian border |
| 38% | RHONE | 5 | River sourced by a glacier in the Swiss Alps |
| 37% | ISERE | 5 | French river rising in the Alps |
| 37% | NILE | 4 | River whose celestial mirror is the Milky Way, in ancient myths |
| 37% | TECH | 4 | French river near the border with Spain |
| 37% | RHONE | 5 | French river that rises in the Alps |
| 37% | KICKINGHORSE | 12 | — River, watercourse in British Columbia, Canada, whose source is Wapta Lake |
| 34% | GALILEO | 7 | Italian scientist whose name is sung five times in the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" |
| 34% | ORE | 3 | St. whose northern border is the Columbia River |
| 34% | HUELVA | 6 | City in SW Spain near the Portuguese border at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto Rivers |
| 34% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 34% | PIERRE | 6 | ___ Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer whose name is the French form of "Peter" |
| 33% | ORE | 3 | State whose northern border is the Columbia River (Abbr.) |
| 33% | NAPA | 4 | River whose source is Mount Saint Helena |
| 33% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company in the Fortune 100 whose name was inspired by an Italian volcano |
| 33% | IOWA | 4 | State whose eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River |
| 33% | YELLOWSTONE | 11 | US river rising in NW Wyoming that enters the Missouri near the North Dakota border |
| 32% | SNOB | 4 | One whose nose is in the air |
| 32% | HITMEN | 6 | Guys whose work is in the offing? |
| 32% | ORO | 3 | Colorado city, now a ghost town near the Arkansas River, where gold was discovered in 1860 |
| 32% | ISERE | 5 | River from the Graian Alps |
| 32% | WROCLAW | 7 | City in Poland on the River Oder whose German name is Breslau |
| 32% | NATO | 4 | Grp. whose initials in French are the reverse of its English initials |
| 32% | UDINE | 5 | Italian city near the Slovenian border |
| 32% | COMO | 4 | Italian lake near the Swiss border |
| 32% | DOUAI | 5 | French city near the Belgian border |
| 32% | LILLE | 5 | French city near the Belgian border |