| 100% | MAYOR | 5 | Participant in a "key to the city" ceremony |
| 65% | HONOREE | 7 | Person receiving a key to the city, perhaps |
| 63% | MAYOR | 5 | Official who might give out a key to the city |
| 56% | TAB | 3 | The key to the left of Q in a keyboard |
| 53% | HERO | 4 | Key to the city recipient, maybe |
| 53% | HONOR | 5 | Key to the city, e.g. |
| 52% | ORE | 3 | Resource needed to build a city in the game Catan |
| 51% | VIRGINIAMAYOR | 13 | Actress with the keys to a city? |
| 51% | IGNITION | 8 | Part of a vehicle the key is pushed in to start it |
| 50% | DIAMONDJIMBRADY | 15 | Tycoon who was the first person in New York City to own a car |
| 49% | TAB | 3 | Key to the left of Q, on a keyboard |
| 49% | TAB | 3 | Key to the left of Q on a keyboard |
| 49% | KEY | 3 | ___ to the city (gift for a local hero) |
| 49% | ROME | 4 | First city to reach a population of one million people, in the second century B.C. |
| 48% | TAB | 3 | Key to the left of Q on a standard keyboard |
| 48% | KEY | 3 | ___ to the city (honor given to a local hero) |
| 48% | ADELAIDE | 8 | English queen who lent her name to a city of 1.3+ million in the British Commonwealth |
| 47% | HONORED | 7 | Given the key to the city, say |
| 47% | NEURALLY | 8 | In a way relating to the brain |
| 47% | FORONCE | 7 | In a rare exception to the rule |
| 47% | CODEWORDS | 9 | Lexicon used by spies, and a key to the ends of the starred answers |
| 46% | INSERT | 6 | Put a key in the lock |
| 46% | MANCHESTER | 10 | City in NW England linked to the Mersey estuary by a ship canal |
| 46% | CTRL | 4 | Key to the right of Alt on one side of a Windows keyboard |
| 46% | MIAMI | 5 | "Move to ___," hit song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias which has the name of a Florida city in its title |
| 46% | MAYOR | 5 | Person presenting the Key to the City |
| 46% | UNLOCK | 6 | Turn a key in the front door |
| 46% | HARE | 4 | Loser to the tortoise, in a fable |
| 46% | SHUDDER | 7 | React to the cold, in a way |
| 46% | ITALIC | 6 | Leaning to the right, in a way |