| 100% | BOSCH | 5 | L.A.P.D. detective created by author Michael Connelly |
| 36% | LOS | 3 | L.A.P.D. head? |
| 34% | SNL | 3 | NBC sketch show created by Lorne Michaels: Abbr. |
| 34% | POOH | 4 | Bear created by A.A. Milne |
| 33% | GWU | 3 | D.C. college named for a president and chartered by Congress |
| 33% | ALGERHISS | 9 | ... a snake owned by author Horatio? |
| 31% | MACE | 4 | Windu played by Samuel L. Jackson in a sci-fi franchise |
| 30% | HARDYBOYS | 9 | Detective brothers created by Franklin W Dixon |
| 30% | MAP | 3 | Document created by a cartographer |
| 30% | BOND | 4 | Michael ___, author who created Paddington Bear, who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 30% | SWATH | 5 | Strip created by a lawn mower |
| 30% | LAP | 3 | Seat created by taking a seat |
| 29% | OZMA | 4 | Princess raised as a boy by the witch Mombi, in an L. Frank Baum series |
| 28% | BASICINSTINCT | 13 | 1992 erotic thriller in which Michael Douglas plays a San Francisco detective obsessed with a suspect: 2 wds. |
| 27% | USA | 3 | Home of D.C. and L.A. |
| 26% | NOIRE | 5 | L.A. ___ (popular video game that centers on the detective Cole Phelps) |
| 26% | THEDRY | 6 | Novel by Australian author Jane Harper that was adapted into a movie starring Eric Bana: 2 wds. |
| 26% | USATLAS | 7 | Book of maps showing D.C. and L.A. |
| 26% | ARCHER | 6 | Popular adult animated sitcom created by Adam Reed about a dysfunctional spy agency |
| 26% | SHARD | 5 | Item that can be described by changing its last letter to a P |
| 26% | ADFEE | 5 | Something a P.S.A. lacks |
| 25% | MOLEDAY | 7 | It's celebrated by chemists on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. |
| 25% | SSN | 3 | Fig. created by F.D.R.'s New Deal |
| 25% | USA | 3 | Home to D.C. and L.A.: Abbr. |
| 25% | CRASHING | 8 | TV series created by comedian Pete Holmes that features a fictional version of himself |
| 25% | AGATHA | 6 | The A.B.C. Murders author Christie |
| 25% | BAUM | 4 | Author L. Frank ____ |
| 25% | MCAT | 4 | Hurdle for a future D.O. |
| 25% | OSS | 3 | Spy org. created by FDR |
| 25% | MLS | 3 | Org. for D.C. United and the L.A. Galaxy |