| 100% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Georgia city that's the setting of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
| 85% | SAVANNAH | 8 | Southern city that's the setting for "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" |
| 50% | EVIL | 4 | "Midnight in the Garden of Good and ___" |
| 47% | EDEN | 4 | Garden that contained the tree of the knowledge of good and evil |
| 43% | ATLANTA | 7 | Georgia city that's the title location of 17-Across's FX series about cousins in the rap industry |
| 40% | ATLANTA | 7 | Georgia city that's home to the Hawks and the Dream |
| 39% | SERPENT | 7 | Speaker of the words "Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil," in Genesis |
| 39% | YEAR | 4 | "A Good ___," 2006 rom-com that is set in the vineyards of France |
| 38% | TOKYO | 5 | Japan's biggest city, the setting of "Lost in Translation" |
| 38% | EVE | 3 | Cain and Abel's mother, in the Garden of Eden |
| 38% | EDEN | 4 | Biblical garden with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil |
| 38% | ASPEN | 5 | Tree that's the name of a city in Colorado |
| 38% | ARGOS | 5 | Greek city that's one of the oldest in Europe |
| 37% | EDEN | 4 | Biblical garden home to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil |
| 37% | TROY | 4 | Ancient city that is the setting of the "Iliad" |
| 37% | DELIVERANCE | 11 | 1972 thriller set in the backwoods of Georgia … or a plot point in 18-, 29- and 49-Across? |
| 37% | FURNITUREASSEMBLY | 17 | Ikea task, and a task that can be applied to the sets of circled letters in this puzzle |
| 37% | REM | 3 | Georgia-based band that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 |
| 37% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 37% | DUBROVNIK | 9 | A Croatian city and the set of King's Landing |
| 37% | OLIVERREED | 10 | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that film's director |
| 37% | CLEVELAND | 9 | Ohio city that's home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 37% | ENTEBBE | 7 | City that's home to the National Botanical Gardens of Uganda |
| 36% | KABUL | 5 | Capital city that's home to the Garden of Babur |
| 36% | TIMBUKTU | 8 | City in Mali that’s home to the University of Sankore |
| 36% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THREE | 5 | Number of squares in the width and height of this puzzle's city blocks |
| 35% | THELASTOF | 9 | "___ Us," one of the best-selling PlayStation video games released in 2013 that is set in a post-apocalyptic U.S.: 3 wds. |
| 35% | TOLLS | 5 | "For Whom the Bell ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway, set in the Spanish Civil War and is regarded as one of his best works |
| 35% | SYLVIA | 6 | Film starring Gwyneth Paltrow that's set in the University of Cambridge |