| 100% | HOTLANTA | 8 | Georgia's A-Town, by another nickname |
| 54% | UNCLEMILTIE | 11 | Mr. Television, by another nickname |
| 53% | NOLA | 4 | The Big Easy, by another nickname |
| 52% | MELC | 4 | Sporty Spice of music, by another nickname |
| 50% | PETE | 4 | A Rose by another name |
| 48% | ALICE | 5 | A Town Like —, 1950 novel by Nevil Shute |
| 45% | WINDSOR | 7 | Berkshire town by London that has a royal castle |
| 45% | RETINOL | 7 | Vitamin a, by another name |
| 45% | RSAILSPLITTER | 13 | Another nickname for Old Abe ... or a description of the circled letter? |
| 44% | STILLLIFE | 9 | 1985 novel by A S Byatt |
| 43% | LBJ | 3 | Nickname shared by a president and a basketball player |
| 43% | AVIATOR | 7 | Another name for a pilot; glasses worn by pilots |
| 43% | THEMET | 6 | Nickname shared by an opera house and a museum |
| 43% | OLDLUPINESTATE | 14 | Nickname for a division of America populated by wolves? |
| 43% | MOTHER | 6 | __ City, a maternal nickname for Cape Town |
| 43% | VALDIVIA | 8 | Chilean town shaken by a massive earthquake |
| 43% | CITYHALL | 8 | A town's administrative office |
| 42% | ANDES | 5 | Another order for a "D, E, A, N, S" list? |
| 42% | BIOGRAPHY | 9 | A person's life story written by another |
| 41% | MIXEDUPATBIRTH | 14 | Raised by another's mother |
| 40% | BAYMARE | 7 | Secretariat's mother, for one ... whose start is a state nickname for the state indicated by the circled squares |
| 40% | BAMA | 4 | Another nickname for college football's Crimson Tide |
| 40% | SELINAKYLE | 10 | Catwoman's alter ego, and a thief nicknamed "Cat" played by Camren Bicondova on TV's "Gotham" (2 wds.) |
| 40% | LIKEALICE | 9 | A Town __, Nevil Shute's story of WWII |
| 40% | DELFT | 5 | Town in S Holland, Netherlands, associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware |
| 40% | SORRENTO | 8 | Italian town whose name sounds like a Kia S.U.V. |
| 40% | SWAP | 4 | Make a trade by exchanging one thing for another |
| 39% | BAY | 3 | "The ___," 2012 found footage film that is about a town which is plagued by a parasite |