| 100% | ZOOS | 4 | Only places to find anteaters in the U.S. |
| 60% | CALI | 4 | Only place in the U.S. to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, informally |
| 58% | IDA | 3 | Where to find Moscow in the U.S.: Abbr. |
| 54% | OPOSSUM | 7 | Only marsupial found in the U.S. |
| 52% | QWERTYKEYBOARDS | 15 | Places to find the letters circled in the grid |
| 51% | THERESAMAY | 10 | Head of the only government in U.K. history to be found in contempt of Parliament |
| 51% | GEMSTATE | 8 | Nickname for the only place in America to find star garnet, appropriately enough |
| 49% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find the solution for a test, in more ways than one, informally |
| 47% | MAINSTREET | 10 | Where to find the only stoplight in a small town, typically |
| 46% | OAHU | 4 | Island home to the only royal palace in the U.S. |
| 45% | TWOCENTS | 8 | In the US, what one's opinion is said to be worth |
| 44% | LAPD | 4 | First law enforcement org. in the U.S. to hire a female officer (1910) |
| 44% | SEATBACKS | 9 | Places to find in-flight magazines |
| 44% | CHEMLAB | 7 | Place to find solutions in school |
| 44% | ASIAMAP | 7 | Place to find the Silk Road |
| 43% | NYC | 3 | Capital of the U.S. from 1785 to 1790, in brief |
| 43% | MONEYCLIP | 9 | Place to find cash in a pinch? |
| 43% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 43% | IOLANI | 6 | The only royal palace in the U.S. |
| 43% | NEST | 4 | Place to find the birds and the bees? |
| 43% | THEBRONXZOO | 11 | Place to find alligators in New York City |
| 42% | CAR | 3 | One of 52 million in the U. S. |
| 42% | ALBANIA | 7 | Country with which the U.S. goes to war in "Wag the Dog" |
| 42% | MCCAFE | 6 | Place to get a brew in more than 11,000 U.S. locations |
| 42% | AZERA | 5 | Korean sedan to be discontinued in the U.S. after 2017 |
| 42% | PANTRYBAR | 9 | Place to get drunk in the kitchen? |
| 42% | SHORE | 5 | Place to cool off in the summer |
| 42% | FLYLIKEANEAGLE | 14 | What the U.S. Postal Service used to do (ending in a two under) |
| 41% | APPEAR | 6 | In the US, the last word in the phrase legally required to be on curved passenger's side mirrors |
| 41% | JOHNDOE | 7 | In the US, name given to an unidentified male body |