| 100% | ROXIE | 5 | Historic San Francisco theater, with "the" |
| 79% | CASTRO | 6 | Historic San Francisco district, with "the" |
| 64% | CASTRO | 6 | San Francisco neighborhood with the GLBT Historical Society Museum, with "the" |
| 59% | CASTRO | 6 | San Francisco neighborhood, with "the" |
| 59% | BAY | 3 | San Francisco area, with "the" |
| 56% | ALAMO | 5 | Rental car company with the same name as a San Antonio historic site |
| 56% | NINERS | 6 | San Francisco-based athletes with a team name inspired by the California Gold Rush, for short |
| 55% | MUNI | 4 | San Francisco's public transit system, with "the" |
| 55% | OLDVIC | 6 | Historic London theater, with "the" |
| 55% | CASTROSTREET | 12 | Historic San Francisco thoroughfare |
| 54% | FILLMOREWEST | 12 | Historic San Francisco music venue |
| 52% | NOB | 3 | ___ Hill, historic San Francisco neighborhood |
| 51% | TONYBENNETT | 11 | "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" singer honored with the 2017 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2 wds.) |
| 51% | JOEMONTANA | 10 | Hall of Fame quarterback who won all four Super Bowls he started with the San Francisco 49ers (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CASTRO | 6 | Noted San Francisco L.G.B.T.-friendly neighborhood, with “the” |
| 50% | CASTRO | 6 | San Francisco street or theater |
| 50% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco ___, MLB team and member of the NL West division that is one of the teams with the most World Series titles |
| 50% | APOLLO | 6 | New York theater on the National Register of Historic Places, with "the" |
| 48% | COITTOWER | 9 | San Francisco monument with working-life murals |
| 47% | FOGGY | 5 | Like San Francisco in the summer |
| 47% | FOGGY | 5 | Like San Francisco during the summer |
| 47% | MIAMI | 5 | City with the historic Hampton House |
| 46% | RIO | 3 | Vegas casino with the Penn & Teller Theater |
| 46% | MENS | 4 | The San Francisco Gay ___ Chorus |
| 46% | FLOWERS | 7 | Prevalent items in San Francisco in the 60s |
| 46% | AMMAN | 5 | World capital with the historic Temple of Hercules |
| 45% | PSYCHEDELICMUSIC | 16 | Something San Francisco was known for in the 1960s |
| 45% | WWII | 4 | Conflict with the European Theater of Operations, for short |
| 44% | WINTERLAND | 10 | San Francisco concert hall where Scorsese's The Last Waltz was filmed |
| 44% | GENET | 5 | French novelist/dramatist associated with the Theater of the Absurd |