| 100% | KEENE | 5 | Only city in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, which sounds as though it's populated by a really enthusiastic crowd |
| 29% | OOF | 3 | EP that sounds as though you've been hit by a brick, released by Seattle's duo "Blue Scholars" in 2009 |
| 27% | ERS | 3 | NY theater ensemble founded in 1991 that sounds as though it's really had its ups and downs (abbr.) |
| 25% | SKOR | 4 | Candy bar that sounds as though it should come in packs of twenty? |
| 25% | SKUA | 4 | Bird that sounds as though it would be good barbecued on a spit |
| 24% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania which shares its name with a lake |
| 24% | MODERN | 6 | Architectural style characterized by its minimalism, as seen in New York's Guggenheim Museum |
| 23% | DECO | 4 | Art ___, architectural style characterized by its geometric forms, as seen in New York's Rockefeller Center |
| 23% | MAGGIEHASSAN | 12 | New Hampshire governor elected to her first term as a US senator in 2016: 2 wds. |
| 23% | BOISE | 5 | City that rings in the New Year by dropping a huge potato |
| 23% | MAIL | 4 | Shipping method used by Jim to send Dwight's desk to New Mexico as a prank in "The Office" |
| 23% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented by a lightbulb, in the comics |
| 22% | CAB | 3 | It's hailed in a city |
| 22% | NOME | 4 | Alaskan city that sounds like it belongs in a 41-Down |
| 22% | MADABOUTYOU | 11 | Sitcom set in New York City that featured Carol Burnett in a recurring role as Jamie's mother (3 wds.) |
| 22% | IDEA | 4 | It's represented by a light bulb in comic strips |
| 22% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | A city in Missouri, which shares its name with the capital of the Netherlands |
| 22% | GANYMEDE | 8 | Name picked by Rosalind as a boy in As You Like It |
| 22% | ELBOWROOM | 9 | It's hard to find in a crowd |
| 22% | OZONA | 5 | Only city in Crockett County, Texas |
| 22% | STPETERSBURG | 12 | A city in Florida, which shares its name with a large European city: 2 wds. |
| 22% | BRAVE | 5 | "___ new world," phrase popularized by William Shakespeare which means a new period in history |
| 22% | PAPER | 5 | It's beaten by scissors in a game |
| 22% | KEENE | 5 | City in New Hampshire that's home to Antioch University New England |
| 22% | ONE | 3 | It's represented by a dot in the top-left corner, in Braille |
| 21% | TOWEL | 5 | It's thrown in by a quitter |
| 21% | KEENE | 5 | City in New Hampshire |
| 21% | TOYOTA | 6 | Japanese industry giant, or the city in which it's headquartered |
| 21% | NEWARK | 6 | New Jersey's most populated city as of 2021 |
| 21% | SUN | 3 | It's blocked by the moon in a solar eclipse |