| 100% | HELSINKI | 8 | Scandinavian city built in 1550 by a Swedish king |
| 37% | TOWNHALL | 8 | Main administrative building in a small city |
| 35% | ROME | 4 | City not built in a day |
| 35% | YANKEE | 6 | A Connecticut __ in King Arthur's Court by Twain |
| 34% | ROME | 4 | City founded by a twin, in myth |
| 33% | CROATIA | 7 | Country founded by King Tomislav in A.D. 924 |
| 33% | SELMA | 5 | Title city in a 2014 film by Ava DuVernay |
| 33% | BOISE | 5 | City that rings in the New Year by dropping a huge potato |
| 33% | AMARILLO | 8 | "___ by Morning" (George Strait hit song about a city in Texas) |
| 33% | HAVANA | 6 | Title city in a 2017 #1 hit by Camila Cabello |
| 33% | ORE | 3 | Resource needed to build a city in the game Catan |
| 32% | EDIFICE | 7 | Impressive building, also a big name in watches manufactured by Casio |
| 32% | NADAL | 5 | Athlete given a noble title by the king of Spain in 2025 |
| 32% | ROME | 4 | City that "wasn't built in a day" |
| 32% | ROME | 4 | City that wasn't built in a day? |
| 32% | ROME | 4 | City that wasn't built in a day |
| 31% | SEEHOW | 6 | & 23A 1944 stage farce by Philip King adapted as a film in 1955 |
| 31% | LIMA | 4 | I'm a city in Peru and my nickname is "The City of Kings" |
| 31% | TROY | 4 | Ancient city deceived by a large fake horse, in myth |
| 31% | ROME | 4 | This city was not built in a day |
| 30% | TONIGHT | 7 | "Can You Feel the Love ___," a hit by Elton John, featured in "The Lion King" |
| 30% | ABE | 3 | ___ Froman, Sausage King (identity assumed by Ferris Bueller to sneak in to a fancy restaurant) |
| 30% | VENICE | 6 | Floating city in Italy built on islands, where St. Mark's Basilica is a famous attraction |
| 30% | THEADDRESS | 10 | Novel by 39-Across set in New York City's apartment building The Dakota (2 wds.) |
| 30% | CAEN | 4 | ___ stone (type of limestone named for a city in Normandy and used in building Westminster Abbey) |
| 30% | OSLO | 4 | Scandinavian city on a fjord |
| 30% | SITED | 5 | Built in a certain place |
| 30% | SCH | 3 | Building in a district: Abbr. |
| 30% | SITUATE | 7 | Build in a certain place |