| 100% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 97% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale, yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 52% | EMMENTAL | 8 | Yellow cheese with large holes named after a valley in Switzerland |
| 50% | NANKEEN | 7 | Hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric named after its place of origin in China |
| 50% | TYUYAMUNITE | 11 | Rare uranium mineral named after its place of origin in the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan |
| 37% | LISLE | 5 | Strong fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 37% | LISLE | 5 | Strong, fine, cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 37% | LISLE | 5 | Strong, fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 35% | SWISS | 5 | Cheese with holes in it |
| 33% | KALAMATA | 8 | Greek olive named for its place of origin |
| 33% | SWISS | 5 | Cheese named for its country of origin |
| 31% | OWEN | 4 | Name of the hippo who bonded with Mzee, an Aldabra giant tortoise, after the hippo was separated from its herd in the 2004 tsunami |
| 31% | EDAM | 4 | Town in Netherlands which has a cheese variety named after it (anagram of "made") |
| 30% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 30% | EDAM | 4 | Cheese named after a town in North Holland (anagram of "dame") |
| 29% | GORGONZOLA | 10 | Cheese that has holes poked in it with metal rods during aging |
| 29% | MUSTARD | 7 | Shade of yellow that shares its name with a condiment |
| 29% | NEWSWEEK | 8 | Magazine launch of 1933 with a hyphen in its name |
| 29% | ORANGE | 6 | With 56-Down, type of black tea with another color in its name |
| 29% | SKA | 3 | Captain ___ (British band with one of its genres in its name) |
| 29% | EDAM | 4 | Dutch town with a cheese named after it |
| 28% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 28% | ERIE | 4 | City in Pennsylvania that shares its name with one of the Great Lakes |
| 28% | TALLAHASSEE | 11 | Major U.S. city with three pairs of double letters in its name |
| 28% | EDINBURGH | 9 | A town in Indiana that shares its name with the capital of Scotland |
| 28% | ASIAGO | 6 | European cheese with a hard texture that derives its name from the high plateau in the Italian Alps |
| 28% | OSAKA | 5 | With 1d, it's the name of the reigning US Open Champion in women's singles |
| 28% | AMSTERDAM | 9 | A city in Missouri, which shares its name with the capital of the Netherlands |
| 28% | LATESHOW | 8 | TV program with its time of day in its name |
| 28% | MEXICO | 6 | US state with the name of country in it, New __ |