| 100% | APULIA | 6 | The "high heel" of Italy's "boot" |
| 88% | BARI | 4 | City near the heel of Italy's boot |
| 67% | CALABRIA | 8 | The "toe" of Italy's "boot" |
| 66% | SICILY | 6 | Isle off the toe of Italy's boot |
| 63% | IONIAN | 6 | Sea directly under the sole of Italy's boot |
| 63% | YEMEN | 5 | The heel of a geographical boot |
| 62% | ITALY | 5 | The heel of its boot is Apulia |
| 61% | CALABRIA | 8 | Toe of Italy's boot |
| 61% | CALABRIA | 8 | Admin region that forms the toe of Italy's boot |
| 58% | SICILIAN | 8 | Person from the island at the toe of Italy's boot |
| 58% | TOE | 3 | Calabria's position in the boot of Italy |
| 57% | TSTRAP | 6 | Feature of high heels popularized in the 1920s |
| 57% | WITHERS | 7 | The highest part of a horse's back |
| 57% | RAI | 3 | Italy's equivalent of the BBC |
| 57% | TURIN | 5 | Italy's "Capital of the Alps" |
| 56% | SPUR | 4 | Spike on the heel of a cowboy boot |
| 56% | OTRANTO | 7 | Town at the tip of Italy's "heel" |
| 55% | ORANGES | 7 | Italy's largest food fight, Battle of the __ |
| 55% | TOE | 3 | Boot part that's opposite the heel |
| 54% | STILETTO | 8 | High-heeled shoe and the name of a slim knife |
| 53% | SPUR | 4 | Found on a cowboy's boots, ___ of the moment |
| 52% | LHASA | 5 | One of the world's highest cities |
| 52% | PALIMONY | 8 | The high cost of leaving? |
| 52% | ACME | 4 | The highest point of something |
| 52% | PLATEAU | 7 | The highest form of flattery? |
| 52% | ROOFTOPS | 8 | The highest surfaces of houses |
| 52% | ACME | 4 | The highest point of achievement |
| 52% | KELLIEPICKLER | 13 | "Red High Heels" country singer who won with partner Derek Hough on season 16 of "Dancing with the Stars" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | UNC | 3 | School of the NCAA's Tar Heels: Abbr. |
| 51% | UNC | 3 | The Tar Heels of the NCAA |