| 100% | ESOS | 4 | Those, in San José |
| 91% | RICA | 4 | Costa ___, San Jose's nation that is participating in Fifa World Cup 2022 |
| 81% | EBAY | 4 | Big dot-com headquartered in San Jose |
| 81% | CISCO | 5 | Tech giant headquartered in San Jose, CA |
| 80% | EBAY | 4 | *Fortune 500 company based in San Jose, Calif. |
| 80% | TEAL | 4 | Blue-green color in San Jose Sharks uniforms |
| 73% | CALLE | 5 | Street, in San José |
| 73% | ESTOS | 5 | These, in San José |
| 69% | SHAMU | 5 | Orca that performed in SeaWorld San Diego |
| 68% | ALCATRAZ | 8 | Island in San Francisco Bay that housed a federal prison until 1963 |
| 68% | TESORO | 6 | San Antonio-based refinery giant that acquired Arco in 2013 |
| 68% | SOFA | 4 | San Jose arts and cultural district that was a red light district 40 years ago |
| 67% | GOLDEN | 6 | ___ Gate Bridge, suspension bridge in San Francisco, California that has a colorful name |
| 67% | PADRES | 6 | San Diego team that lost to the Phillies in late October |
| 65% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco team that 14-Across played for in 2009 and 2010 |
| 64% | EMO | 3 | Subculture that started in San Diego |
| 64% | STEROIDS | 8 | Banned drugs that got Alex Rodriguez and Jose Canseco in trouble |
| 64% | ROCKETS | 7 | Basketball team that moved from San Diego to Houston in 1971 |
| 64% | SODA | 4 | Drink that carries an added tax in Philadelphia and San Francisco |
| 64% | ERIK | 4 | San Jose Sharks defenseman Karlsson who won the NHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy in 2012 and 2015 |
| 63% | AFAR | 4 | Award-winning magazine HQed in San Francisco and launched in 2009 that focuses on experiential travel |
| 62% | LSI | 3 | San Jose-based semiconductor co. started in 1981 and acquired by Broadcom Inc. for $6.6 billion in 2014 |
| 62% | CLIPPERS | 8 | Basketball team that moved from San Diego to Los Angeles in 1984 |
| 62% | ERIK | 4 | ___ Karlsson, defenseman from San Jose Sharks who was one of the highest paid NHL players in 2020 |
| 61% | LOSGATOS | 8 | City near San Jose |
| 61% | SALINAS | 7 | City near San Jose |
| 61% | LOSALTOS | 8 | City near San Jose |
| 61% | JUAN | 4 | San ___ Mountains, mountain range in the USA that is home to the Black Bear Road |
| 61% | GATE | 4 | Golden ___ Bridge, red suspension structure in California that spans the San Francisco Bay |
| 60% | GIANTS | 6 | San Francisco ___, Major League Baseball team that was founded in New York and relocated in 1958 |