| 100% | LEIPZIG | 7 | Largest city in Saxony, Germany whose university was founded in 1409 |
| 59% | SIENA | 5 | Tuscan city whose university was founded in 1240 |
| 44% | AMIENS | 6 | City in Somme, France, whose Gothic cathedral is the largest in the country |
| 43% | BRAZIL | 6 | Country in South America whose largest city is Sao Paulo |
| 41% | WACO | 4 | City in Texas where Baylor University is located |
| 40% | YEWS | 4 | Trees whose wood is found in longbows |
| 40% | OMAHA | 5 | Largest city in the state where Lincoln is the capital |
| 40% | TUT | 3 | Egyptian king whose tomb was found in 1922 |
| 40% | NSA | 3 | Org. whose initials are found in "unsafe," ironically |
| 40% | ARGON | 5 | Element whose name is found in FARGO, ND |
| 40% | MORGANCHASE | 11 | JP ___, largest bank in the United States whose oldest predecessor institution was founded in 1799: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ECRU | 4 | Color whose letters are found in order in spectrum |
| 39% | ENO | 3 | Ambient musician whose name is found in "white noise" |
| 39% | ROSTOCK | 7 | City in northern Germany with ancient university |
| 39% | LUND | 4 | Swedish city where Scandinavia's first university was founded (1425) |
| 39% | ETA | 3 | Greek letter whose name is found in "theta" and "beta" |
| 39% | NEWYORK | 7 | City where the NBA was founded in 1946 |
| 38% | HMONG | 5 | Ethnic group whose largest metropolitan population outside of Asia is in Minnesota’s Twin Cities |
| 38% | ZWICKAU | 7 | City in Saxony, Germany, at the foot of the Ore Mountains |
| 38% | RICHARD | 7 | King whose grave was found in a car park in 2012 |
| 38% | SEATTLE | 7 | City where the Boeing company was founded in 1916 |
| 38% | BATH | 4 | City in Somerset whose Latin name was Aquae Sulis |
| 38% | SCHILLER | 8 | Friedrich __ University is based in Jena, Germany |
| 38% | MUNICH | 6 | Ludwig Maximilian University is based in this city |
| 37% | GLASGOW | 7 | McLennan Arch is found in this Scottish city |
| 37% | CALGARY | 7 | Largest city in Canada's Alberta that was the host for the 1988 Winter Olympics |
| 37% | CHEMNITZ | 8 | City in Saxony, Germany, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| 37% | AGEE | 4 | Pulitzer-winning author whose name is found in nonconsecutive letters of "page turner" |
| 37% | SEATTLE | 7 | City whose skyline is drawn in the opening of 43-Across |
| 37% | ELI | 3 | Biblical priest whose name can be found in "belief" |