| 100% | LISBOA | 6 | Name of Portuguese capital in its native language |
| 43% | HANOI | 5 | Five-letter capital written as two words in its native language |
| 42% | ISR | 3 | U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. |
| 42% | KINGSTONTRIO | 12 | Longtime musical group with a world capital in its name |
| 40% | REGINA | 6 | Capital named in honor of Queen Victoria |
| 39% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |
| 39% | WINNIPEG | 8 | Capital of Manitoba, its name means muddy water |
| 39% | ICELANDIC | 9 | Named the official language of Iceland in 2011 |
| 38% | ITALIANO | 8 | Language of Rome, to its natives |
| 38% | WWE | 3 | Org. that replaced the “F” in its name because of a legal dispute |
| 38% | AIDA | 4 | "Celeste ___" (aria whose title includes the name of the opera it's in) |
| 38% | BOISE | 5 | Capital whose natives pronounce its name with a "see," not "zee" |
| 37% | ARENAFOOTBALL | 13 | Sport played in the first word of its name |
| 37% | IND | 3 | St. whose name is part of its capital's name |
| 37% | JOSEPHINE | 9 | Female name of Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot |
| 37% | MRPIBB | 6 | Original name of a soft drink that now has "Xtra" in its name: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AOL | 3 | ISP that dropped the long form of its name in 2006 |
| 36% | IRAN | 4 | Country whose name ends in the same three letters as its capital |
| 36% | OLAY | 4 | Skin care brand that dropped "Oil of" from its name in 1999 |
| 36% | ARAK | 4 | City in northern Iran, capital of Markazi Province, originally named Soltan Abad |
| 35% | CITY | 4 | Word in the names of four state capitals |
| 35% | RIO | 3 | Portuguese capital in the Napoleonic era |
| 35% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 35% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 35% | RHESUS | 6 | Animal that shares its name with a king of Thrace in the "Iliad" |
| 35% | IPA | 3 | Type of alcoholic beverage that originated in the U.K., despite its name |
| 35% | FANNYPACK | 9 | Bag that may be worn over the shoulder, in spite of its name |
| 35% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 35% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale, yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 35% | SOAPOPERA | 9 | Genre so named because of its roots in Procter & Gamble-sponsored radio dramas |