| 100% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city across the river from Juárez, Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 53% | OMAHA | 5 | City across the river from Council Bluffs |
| 53% | JUAREZ | 6 | City across the river from El Paso |
| 51% | FTERIE | 6 | Ontario city across the river from Buffalo, for short |
| 49% | RABAT | 5 | Capital across the river from its sister city Salé |
| 49% | CAMDEN | 6 | City across the Delaware River from Philadelphia |
| 49% | NUEVOLAREDO | 11 | City in NE Mexico across the Rio Grande from Texas |
| 47% | FTERIE | 6 | Ont. city across the Niagara River from Buffalo |
| 46% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city on the Rio Grande: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city that hosts the Sun Bowl: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ELPASO | 6 | It's across the river from Ciudad Juárez |
| 45% | SANANTONIO | 10 | Texas city that hosted the 39-Across in 1968 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ELPASO | 6 | City across the Rio Grande from Juárez |
| 44% | ELPASO | 6 | City across the Rio Grande from Ciudad Juárez |
| 42% | RIOGRANDE | 9 | River that flows from Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico: 2 wds. |
| 42% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city on the Rio Grande (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city name which means "The Path": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ELPASO | 6 | Texas city name which means "The Pass": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PISA | 4 | City down the river from Florence |
| 40% | AQABA | 5 | City across the border from Eilat |
| 40% | CAMDEN | 6 | City across the Delaware from Philadelphia |
| 40% | ORAN | 4 | City across the Mediterranean from Cartagena |
| 40% | ELPASO | 6 | City in Texas, US, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juarez, Mexico |
| 40% | BANGORMAINE | 11 | Down East city on the Penobscot River: 2 wds. |
| 40% | OMAHA | 5 | City across the Missouri from Council Bluffs |
| 40% | TAMPA | 5 | City across the bay from St. Petersburg |
| 39% | REYNOSA | 7 | City across the Rio Grande from McAllen, Tex. |
| 39% | PECOS | 5 | River that flows from New Mexico through Texas to the Rio Grande |
| 39% | LUXOR | 5 | City across the Nile from the Valley of the Kings |
| 38% | WACO | 4 | Texas city on the Brazos River |