| 100% | IOWASTATECYCLES | 15 | Transportation in and around Des Moines? |
| 48% | INCA | 4 | In and around former empire |
| 48% | INCA | 4 | In and around old empire |
| 48% | INCA | 4 | In and around a Peruvian? |
| 47% | INCA | 4 | In and around a former empire |
| 45% | LOCAL | 5 | Produced in and around a town, say |
| 44% | SINOJAPANESEWAR | 15 | Historic conflict in and around the Yellow Sea |
| 44% | IOWA | 4 | Des Moines' and Cedar Rapids' state |
| 43% | WHACAMOLE | 9 | Amusement park attraction depicted in and around this answer |
| 42% | IOWA | 4 | Home of Des Moines and Dubuque |
| 42% | IOWA | 4 | State where Des Moines and Dubuque are |
| 41% | TROLLEYBUS | 10 | Transportation option in Philadelphia and Seattle |
| 40% | UTES | 4 | White River ___ (Native American band that settled in and around what's now Colorado) |
| 39% | UBER | 4 | Transportation app banned in Denmark, Hungary and Thailand |
| 39% | DRAKE | 5 | University in Des Moines |
| 38% | CINCO | 5 | ___ de Mayo (holiday in Mexico and the US) |
| 37% | ELVINBISHOP | 11 | "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" singer, 1976 |
| 37% | IOWAN | 5 | Person who lives in Des Moines |
| 37% | DEPARDIEU | 9 | French actor in Cyrano de Bergerac and Asterix |
| 37% | ELVINBISHOP | 11 | "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" hitmaker of 1976 |
| 37% | EDDY | 4 | Go around and around, in a way |
| 37% | PESCI | 5 | Costar of De Niro and Pacino in The Irishman |
| 36% | CHAMPAGNE | 9 | White sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay in France |
| 36% | GOYA | 4 | Francisco de —, Spanish painter and etcher who died in 1828 |
| 36% | PESCI | 5 | Co-star of De Niro and Pacino in “The Irishman” |
| 35% | OTIS | 4 | Inventor in the transportation field who suffered many ups and downs |
| 35% | SIESTAS | 7 | Breaks in creations of Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transportation |
| 35% | ROLLMOP | 7 | Herring fillet rolled around onion slices and pickled in spiced vinegar |
| 35% | MILKTEETH | 9 | They grow in for babies and fall out around age 5 |
| 35% | ROLLMOP | 7 | Herring fillet wrapped around onion slices and pickled in spiced vinegar |