| 100% | ERIN | 4 | Place name before and after "Oh" in a Thomas Moore title |
| 52% | MEASURE | 7 | Word before and after "for" in a Shakespeare play title |
| 50% | IOWA | 4 | Place name before and after City |
| 44% | ASHES | 5 | Word before and after "to," in a religious phrase |
| 44% | SPY | 3 | Word before and after "vs." in a Mad feature |
| 43% | EDEN | 4 | Place name in a Steinbeck title |
| 43% | NYET | 4 | Word before and after "Tovarich" in a "Doctor Zhivago" number |
| 43% | SUCH | 4 | Word found before and after "and," in a phrase |
| 43% | MANO | 4 | Word before and after a, in a fighting style |
| 43% | TOBE | 4 | Words before and after "or not" in a Shakespeare quote |
| 41% | ANTIPHON | 8 | Short text sung before and after a psalm or canticle in Christian liturgical music |
| 40% | LAY | 3 | Word before or after "Lady" in a Dylan title |
| 39% | SATSUMA | 7 | Small sweet orange named after a place in Japan |
| 39% | OKA | 3 | Brine-cured Canadian cheese named after a place in Quebec |
| 39% | DAMASK | 6 | Table linen named after a place in the Middle East |
| 38% | ERIN | 4 | Country in a Thomas Moore poem |
| 38% | WAVE | 4 | Ocean-related word before and after "on" for the title of a Pat Green song, mentioning a surfer's ride |
| 38% | HSBC | 4 | British banking giant founded in, and named after places in China: Abbr. |
| 38% | KEYLARGO | 8 | 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie named after a place in Florida: 2 wds. |
| 38% | TUXEDO | 6 | Dinner jacket named after — Park, a village and resort in New York |
| 37% | WONKA | 5 | ___ Bar, fictional chocolate named after a character in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 37% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 36% | STILTON | 7 | Cheese made in the district of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, named after a place in Cambridgeshire |
| 36% | DONNA | 5 | Name sung after "Oh" in a 1959 hit |
| 36% | ALASKA | 6 | Baked ___, dessert containing ice cream and cake named after a state in the western United States |
| 36% | CAPTAIN | 7 | & 15A 1922 Derby-winning horse named after a character in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens |
| 36% | ROMNEY | 6 | & 22A Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named |
| 36% | ALOUETTE | 8 | Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line |
| 35% | BROOKLYNDECKER | 14 | "Grace and Frankie" actress whose first name is also a place in New York City (2 wds.) |