| 100% | LOCAL | 5 | Produced in and around a town, say |
| 56% | INCA | 4 | In and around a Peruvian? |
| 56% | INCA | 4 | In and around a former empire |
| 48% | BYPASS | 6 | Road built to go around a town and not through it |
| 47% | HALIFAX | 7 | A town in England and the capital of Nova Scotia |
| 47% | VOICES | 6 | Sounds produced in a person's larynx and emitted |
| 45% | SNUG | 4 | Warm and cosy, say in a blanket? |
| 44% | ROCHESTER | 9 | Town in N Kent housing both a castle and cathedral |
| 44% | ROCHESTER | 9 | Town in northern Kent housing both a castle and cathedral |
| 44% | INHABIT | 7 | Occupy and live in a particular place, say |
| 44% | NONE | 4 | Chances left after Slim left town, in a saying |
| 44% | GLAMPED | 7 | Stayed in a yurt with electricity and plumbing, say |
| 44% | RECYCLE | 7 | Put glass and plastics in a separate bin, say |
| 44% | EDDY | 4 | Go around and around, in a way |
| 44% | NOMAN | 5 | For whom "time and tide wait," in a saying |
| 43% | SNUG | 4 | Cozy and comfortable in a blanket, say |
| 43% | CHAMPAGNE | 9 | White sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay in France |
| 43% | CATTERICK | 9 | Town in North Yorkshire associated with a horse racecourse and army garrison |
| 43% | STATE | 5 | "___ and Main" (William H. Macy film set in a small town) |
| 42% | MAIN | 4 | "State and ___" (William H. Macy film set in a small town) |
| 42% | FILED | 5 | Categorized and placed a document in a folder, say |
| 42% | ACHY | 4 | In need of aspirin and a massage, say |
| 42% | INCA | 4 | In and around former empire |
| 42% | INCA | 4 | In and around old empire |
| 42% | DUDLEY | 6 | Black Country town in the West Midlands housing a castle and zoo |
| 42% | CAESAR | 6 | Who says, in Shakespeare, “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look” |
| 42% | WINE | 4 | Drink in a goblet, say (comes in red and white) |
| 41% | ALICIAKEYS | 10 | "Fallin'" singer who teaches a MasterClass course in songwriting and producing: 2 wds. |
| 41% | STORM | 5 | Windy and cold natural phenomenon that comes after the calm, in a saying |
| 41% | OREO | 4 | "Biscuit" first produced in Chelsea, Manhattan in 1912 and sold at the price of 25 cents a pound |