| 100% | LISLE | 5 | Strong fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 98% | LISLE | 5 | Strong, fine cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 96% | LISLE | 5 | Strong, fine, cotton thread or fabric named after its original place of manufacture in France |
| 39% | NANKEEN | 7 | Hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric named after its place of origin in China |
| 33% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 33% | GRUYERE | 7 | Pale, yellow cheese with holes named after its place of origin in Switzerland |
| 33% | TYUYAMUNITE | 11 | Rare uranium mineral named after its place of origin in the Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan |
| 29% | POPLIN | 6 | Strong fabric, usually of cotton, in plain weave with fine ribbing used for dresses and children's wear |
| 26% | LAME | 4 | Fabric of wool, cotton or silk interwoven with threads of metal |
| 26% | MENS | 4 | It can go before "Fitness" or "Health" in names of magazines |
| 26% | SPROUTS | 7 | Word after "Brussels" or "alfalfa" in the names of foods |
| 25% | ECOLE | 5 | Place of learning in France |
| 25% | ADOPTED | 7 | Chosen in place of or in preference to an original |
| 25% | MRPIBB | 6 | Original name of a soft drink that now has "Xtra" in its name: 2 wds. |
| 24% | POM | 3 | Big name in fruit juice, or the first three letters of the fruit in it |
| 23% | GOPHER | 6 | Snake named after its prey of burrowing rodents |
| 23% | ARE | 3 | Something often coming after you, or even going in front of you, but it never comes after me |
| 23% | DESSERT | 7 | The course before cheese, or after it in France |
| 22% | CHAPEL | 6 | Place of quiet worship in a church or cathedral |
| 22% | NOUN | 4 | Name or place, in grammar |
| 22% | HOUDAN | 6 | Breed of light domestic fowl named after a commune in Yvelines, France |
| 22% | NOUN | 4 | Name, place, or thing, in grammar |
| 22% | SITU | 4 | In — (in its original place) |
| 22% | 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 |
| 22% | BRIE | 4 | Soft French cheese named after a region in France |
| 22% | SATSUMA | 7 | Small sweet orange named after a place in Japan |
| 22% | GOBI | 4 | Its name means "waterless place" in Mongolian |
| 22% | OKA | 3 | Brine-cured Canadian cheese named after a place in Quebec |
| 22% | DAMASK | 6 | Table linen named after a place in the Middle East |
| 22% | ELYSIUM | 7 | Dwelling place of the blessed after death in Greek mythology |