| 100% | WACO | 4 | Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name |
| 69% | WACO | 4 | U.S. radio station whose call letters spell the name of its city |
| 62% | WACO | 4 | City with a radio station that has the same call letters as the city's name |
| 49% | WHOM | 4 | Maine radio station whose call letters spell a pronoun |
| 47% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 43% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 42% | MAINE | 5 | The only U.S. state with a one-syllable name |
| 40% | OMAHA | 5 | The most populous city in the US with a five-letter name |
| 39% | BEN | 3 | With 22-Across, former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state) |
| 39% | TRIVIA | 6 | "Hawaii and Tennessee are the only two U.S. states whose names end in doubled letters," e.g. |
| 38% | STLOUISMISSOURI | 15 | City with a landmark spelled out by the circled letters, reading left to right |
| 38% | SALADATEA | 9 | Drink brand whose first five letters spell the name of a food |
| 37% | HILO | 4 | Only U.S. city with a zoo in a rainforest |
| 37% | OHIO | 4 | Home of the U.S.'s largest cities whose names start with X and Z |
| 37% | MAINE | 5 | Only U.S. state with a monosyllabic name |
| 36% | LIMA | 4 | South American capital that's the world's largest city with a four-letter name |
| 36% | OBAMA | 5 | Only U.S. president whose last name ends with an "A" |
| 36% | ARIZONA | 7 | The only US state whose name contains a Z |
| 36% | IOWA | 4 | The only US state whose name starts with two vowels |
| 36% | OHIO | 4 | US state whose name starts and ends with the same letter |
| 35% | GARN | 4 | Only U.S. senator with a unit of measure named after him |
| 35% | REAGAN | 6 | Only U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| 35% | LLAMA | 5 | Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" |
| 35% | TIN | 3 | The only chemical element with a three-letter name |
| 35% | ERIE | 4 | The only Great Lake with a four-letter name |
| 34% | PERU | 4 | Country whose name together with its capital city has only eight letters |
| 34% | ANAPOLIS | 8 | Brazilian city with a similar name to a U.S. state capital |
| 34% | PERU | 4 | The only South American country with a four-letter name |
| 34% | MISSISSIPPIRIVER | 16 | Landmark on which most U.S. radio stations base the starts of their call signs, with "W" on the east and "K" on the west [Algonquin] |